16 killed in tornadoes, severe flooding across U.S. Midwest, South

6/4/2025 16:43

Fierce storms have battered vast swathes of the U.S. Midwest and South for four days, unleashing hundreds of tornadoes, heavy rains and historic flooding that had claimed at least 16 lives as of Saturday night.



As of 7:30 p.m. Central Time on Saturday, more than 250,000 homes and businesses lost power in five U.S. states due to the severe weather, data from poweroutage.com showed.



Since Wednesday, when tornadoes and flooding began sweeping parts of Midwest and southern states, 10 people have died in Tennessee, two each in Kentucky and Missouri, while Arkansas and Indiana each reported one, according to local reports.



Among the victims were a 5-year-old in Arkansas, a 9-year-old swept away in Kentucky and a 57-year-old Missouri man caught in floodwaters.



Since Wednesday, parts of Kentucky have received more than 30 centimeters of rain, leaving hundreds of roads closed due to flooding and landslides. On Saturday, the cities of Butler and Falmouth in northern Kentucky were subject to mandatory evacuations.