Roman Brown, left and Sam Crawford, right move part of a wall out of their way Sunday, April 14, 2019, as they help a friend look for their medicine in their destroyed home along Seely Drive outside of Hamilton, Miss. after a tornado touched down Saturday night, April, 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Jim Lytle)
April experienced an unofficial total of at least 250 tornado touchdowns, making it the highest level of tornado activity in the U.S. since April 2011. This record number of tornado events in one month contributed to a costly thunderstorm loss bill of several billion dollars.
The first of two major tornado outbreaks occurred April 13–15 in southern and eastern sections of the U.S. At least 70 tornados touched down in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, killing at least nine people and causing widespread damage as baseball-sized hail and straight-line winds gusting up to 100 mph tore across the South, Midwest, Southeast, and Mid-Atlantic.
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Danielle Ling
Danielle Ling is an experienced video journalist and business reporter. As associate editor, Danielle manages all multimedia and reports on industry news and risk-related coverage, managing all weather-related content. A University of Maryland and Philip Merrill College of Journalism alum, Danielle previously served as a video journalist for Verizon FiOS 1 News NJ, Push Pause. Connect with Danielle on LinkedIn or email her at [email protected].
