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News Wrap: Deadly storm system leaves trail of destruction across U.S.

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

Daily News, News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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In our news wrap Sunday, the death toll from extreme weather across the central and southern U.S. rose to 35, a nightclub fire in North Macedonia killed at least 59 people, the U.S. and Houthi rebels in Yemen both vowed to escalate fighting, and two NASA astronauts greeted their replacements aboard the International Space Station. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

In the day's other news, the death toll from the line of monster storms that spawned tornadoes,

0:06.2

wildfires, and dust storms rose to 35 people today.

0:10.3

The fierce weather marched across the central and southern United States, leaving a trail

0:14.4

of destruction.

0:16.2

Communities in Missouri and Alabama woke up to widespread damage, flattened homes, crushed cars, and uprooted trees.

0:22.6

In Wayne County, Missouri, Dakota Henderson helped save his aunt.

0:26.6

The only room standing left of this house.

0:29.6

She was trapped in it. We got her out the window, got her up to the earth home that's up the road.

0:33.6

And we were helping other people.

0:35.6

We found a few bodies that was out in the field, a few

0:38.3

deceased people. The storm system is still potentially dangerous. Severe weather is forecast for the

0:44.5

Upper Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. The system won't clear the East Coast until later

0:50.0

tonight. In North Macedonia, a massive fire that tore through a nightclub killed at least

0:56.0

59 people and injured 155 more. It happened early this morning of the city of Cochani. The blaze

1:03.2

appeared to have been touched off by sparkling pyrotechnics on stage that were part of a band's

1:08.6

performance. Throughout the day-to-day, people gathered outside hospitals

1:12.2

to await news of loved ones. Most of the concert goers were young people. So far, arrest warrants

1:18.3

have been issued for four people. The U.S. and rebel Houthis in Yemen both vowed to escalate

1:24.7

fighting. Yesterday, U.S. forces launched air strikes on the Iranian back group

1:29.5

in an effort to stop them from targeting military and commercial ships.

1:33.6

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Houthis have directly attacked the U.S. Navy 174 times.

1:40.5

The Houthi-run Health Ministry claimed the U.S. strikes killed 53 people and said women and children who were among the dead and injured.

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