Latest news in USA<br />A series of powerful storms swept over the central and southern U.S. over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, killing at least 22 people and leaving a wide trail of destroyed homes, businesses and power outages.<br /><br />The destructive storms caused deaths in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky and were just north of an oppressive, early season heat wave setting records from south Texas to Florida.<br /><br />Forecasters said the severe weather could shift to the East Coast later Monday and warned millions of people outdoors for the holiday to watch the skies. A tornado watch was issued from North Carolina to Maryland.<br /><br />Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who earlier declared a state of emergency, said at a Monday press conference that five people had died in his state. The fifth death was a 54-year-old man who had a heart attack while cutting fallen trees in Caldwell County in western Kentucky, the governor’s office said.<br /><br />- #Storm<br />- #NaturalDisaster<br />- #WeatherAlert<br />- #SevereWeather<br />- #StormWatch<br />- #DisasterResponse<br />- #EmergencyManagement<br />- #WeatherWarning<br />- #StormDamage<br />- #Flood<br />- #Tornado<br />- #Hurricane<br />- #Earthquake<br />- #Landslide<br />- #Wildfire<br />- #ClimateChange<br />- #ExtremeWeather<br />- #WeatherExtremes<br />- #DisasterRelief<br />- #StormRecovery<br />- #TexasWeather<br />- #OklahomaStorms<br />- #ArkansasWeather<br />- #KentuckyStorms<br />- #USWeather<br />
