Violent weather broke out across the central and southern United States this weekend, sending tornadoes and high winds that flattened homes and schools, with the monstrous storm killing at least 33 people as of March 16.
The storm, which led to icy winter weather in the north and fatal dust storms in the central United States, also created severe thunderstorms on Sunday, including on the West Coast, as a weather forecaster gave it the unusual “high risk” designation.
Tornadoes claimed at least a dozen lives in Missouri, decimating homes and businesses in hard-hit Wayne County. While authorities were still searching through the staggering tornado damage, Butler County, Missouri, Coroner Jim Akers described one “unrecognizable home” where a man was killed as “just a debris field.”…