News Wrap: Tornadoes kill at least 2 in Indiana
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🗓️ 11 March 2026
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| 0:00.0 | In the day's other headlines, a series of tornadoes killed at least two people in northwestern Indiana and leveled homes and businesses in neighboring Illinois. |
| 0:09.2 | An elderly couple was killed when a tornado struck their home in Lake Village, Indiana. |
| 0:14.0 | Fire officials there say at least 10 others were injured. |
| 0:17.6 | And in Kankakee, Illinois, a tornado flattened entire neighborhoods. Residents |
| 0:22.0 | were left in shock, while the city's mayor expressed relief that lives were spared. |
| 0:26.6 | It was just devastation. It remind me of the movie Twister. |
| 0:30.6 | We're very fortunate that where the tornado did come through at the city of Kinkkee was mostly our commercial |
| 0:37.7 | industrial area and not heavy residential area, but it has suffered significant damage. |
| 0:48.4 | That same weather system swamped roads and places in and around Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 0:52.9 | and reportedly dropped hail the size |
| 0:55.5 | of golf balls. And there's more bad weather ahead. Widespread storms with damaging winds will |
| 1:01.0 | stretch from Houston, Texas, all the way through the mid-Atlantic and up to Philadelphia. |
| 1:06.3 | The Department of Homeland Security reactivated its global entry program early this morning. |
| 1:11.6 | The fast track service for pre-approved travelers entering the U.S. was paused last month because |
| 1:17.0 | of the partial government shutdown. |
| 1:18.9 | A DHS spokesperson said the decision was intended to help alleviate the disruptions to travelers |
| 1:24.6 | caused by the shutdown. |
| 1:25.8 | A handful of U.S. airports have seen long security lines and delays lasting for hours |
| 1:31.3 | in recent days amid a shortage of airport screeners. |
| 1:35.3 | U.K. Prime Minister Kirstarmer was warned of their reputational risk in appointing Peter |
| 1:40.3 | Mandelson as U.S. ambassador due to his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. |
| 1:43.3 | That's according to documents released today by the British government. |
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