Saturday, April 1

Happy April Fools Day! Let's get into today's news.

Unfortunately, we start off with some bad news. After a recent severe storm system, over 21 people were killed as tornadoes ravaged the Central US, Midwestern US, and Deep South. A strong EF-3 was reported to have crossed the Arkansas capital of Little Rock, along with other smaller tornadoes, strong winds, and golf ball-sized hail. More tornadoes also battered the towns of Covington, Tennessee, Sullivan, Indiana, and Madison, Alabama. Two more tornadoes also struck two counties in Illinois, with baseball-sized hail as well. According to poweroutage.us, over 255,000 people are out of power in Pennsylvania, around 207,000 in Ohio, about 79,000 in Tennessee, around 74,000 in West Virginia, over 68,000 in North Carolina, and about 55,000 in Virginia. About 49,000 are out in Kentucky, over 42,000 in Georgia, over 38,000 in New York, over 34,000 in Arkansas, over 32,000 in Minnesota and Indiana, about 24,000 in Illinois, and over 10,000 in Wisconsin.