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More than 57,000 Power Outages After Arkansas Storms

Nearly 58,000 homes and businesses remain without electricity following severe storms across Arkansas that left at least 11 people dead. Entergy Arkansas reported more than 47,000 outages on April 27 with the largest number being more than 9,400 in Garland …

Central NY Cleaning up After Severe Storms

Residents in parts of central New York are cleaning up damage caused by severe storms that downed trees, flooded roads and basements and tore the roofs off several structures across the region. The thunderstorms that passed in a northeasterly direction …

Officials Begin Storm Damage Assessments in Iowa

State and federal officials plan to begin assessing damage this week from tornadoes in six Iowa counties. The Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will conduct the assessments Monday and Tuesday. …

Farms Suffer Damage Due to Arkansas Storms

Storms that killed seven people in Arkansas and left a trail of downed power lines and toppled trees also did some harm to agricultural interests. University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture says some wheat fields were flattened in Lonoke County, …

Ohio Insurers Field $69M in Claims from February Storms

Insurers say so far they’ve received about $69 million in claims related to violent storms and flooding that hit Ohio in late February. The Ohio Insurance Institute says the tally of losses is expected to rise in the coming months …