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A series of deadly tornadoes swept across a large swath of the Midwestern and Southeastern US overnight on December 10, 2021. The National Weather Service (NSW) estimates that the severe storms spawned about 50 twisters across eight states — Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ohio, and Illinois. The twisters destroyed thousands of  homes, churches and businesses along their path and even knocked a train with 28 empty rail cars from its tracks. At least 84 people are believed to be dead, and many more are still unaccounted for.

The death toll is likely to reach at least 100 by the time officials finish sifting through the destruction, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said.

Hazard climatologists Alisa Hass and Kelsey Ellis explain conditions that generated a recent event, which may have been the first "quad-state tornado" in the U.S.

(THE CONVERSATION) On the night of Dec. 10-11, 2021, an outbreak of powerful tornadoes tore through parts of Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Kentucky...

Hazard climatologists Alisa Hass and Kelsey Ellis explain conditions that generated a recent event, which may have been the first "quad-state tornado" in the U.S.