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Armageddon appears to be a recurring process in the USA rather than an event.

"It's considered rare to have the same city in at least a 3 out of 5 severe weather risk for four consecutive days, with Pine Bluff, Arkansas, having the dubious distinction.

In addition to the four consecutive days of severe weather, there will also be four consecutive days of torrential rain, and that will lead to potentially historic flooding in parts of the South and Midwest, forecasters warned."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tornadoes-midwest-storms-threat-floods/

Tornadoes, floods threaten Midwest for consecutive days as storms wallop the region and the South
Updated on: April 2, 2025 / 11:37 PM EDT / CBS/AP

Tornadoes and violent storms struck parts of the South and Midwest on Wednesday, knocking down power lines and trees, ripping roofs off homes and shooting debris thousands of feet into the air as a swath of severe weather hit the region.

The National Weather Service issued a tornado emergency, the most severe type of warning that exists, in Lake City, Arkansas — meaning there was a large tornado on the ground causing damage in a populated city.

The agency has received at least 11 tornado reports by Wednesday evening, with nine of them across Missouri and two in Arkansas. Eastern Arkansas, southern Illinois, southern Indiana, western Kentucky, southeast Missouri, northern Mississippi and western Tennessee are all under a particularly dangerous situation: tornado watch through midnight CT.

"It's definitely going to be a really horrible situation here come sunrise in the morning in those areas, coming out of Arkansas," Chelly Amin, a meteorologist with the weather service, said.

A video posted to social media by Lake City resident Matthew Fraser shows what appears to be a tornado moving across the area as flashes of lightning turned the plume of storm pink and purple with each strike.

In Monette, Arkansas, multiple houses were damaged and emergency responders assisted two individuals trapped in a residence. There was one injury was reported due to a semi-truck rollover.

As of Wednesday evening, there were four reported injuries and no reported fatalities in Craighead County, Arkansas. Twenty-two counties reported damage to the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management as of Wednesday evening.

In Hendricks County, Indiana, there were reports of numerous powerlines and trees down due to storms. No fatalities were reported as of Wednesday evening but there were reported injuries, a spokesperson for the Hendricks County Emergency Management Agency told CBS News. At least one warehouse had a partial collapse in the county as well, as the fire department searched for those injured.

In Pilot Grove, Missouri, several structures were damaged, cars flipped over and power poles snapped by a storm, said the state emergency management agency. It wasn't immediately known if there were injuries. Meanwhile, roads were closed because of storm debris and downed utility lines near the town of Potosi southwest if St. Louis, according to the state transportation department.

Authorities in eastern Missouri were trying to determine whether it was a tornado that damaged buildings, overturned vehicles and tore down utility poles, tree limbs and business signs Wednesday morning in and around the city of Nevada.

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Ryland Mosley, 18, who was on the 2nd story of his home when the storm passed, stands outside of it observing the damage, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Owasso, Okla. Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP
Another tornado touched down in the northeastern Oklahoma city of Owasso about 6:40 a.m. Wednesday, according to the weather service office in Tulsa. There were no immediate reports of injuries, but the twister heavily damaged the roofs of homes and knocked down power lines, trees, fences and sheds.

Storms may continue for several more hours overnight, and the severe weather event could bring several EF3+ tornadoes by Thursday.

While Thursday's severe weather threat goes from 5 out of 5 to 3 out of 5, we could still see strong tornadoes — from Texarkana through Little Rock to Memphis. Friday's severe weather threat will be in almost the same area, with a little nudge to the north, and Saturday's severe weather threat will be in the same area with a little nudge to the south.

It's considered rare to have the same city in at least a 3 out of 5 severe weather risk for four consecutive days, with Pine Bluff, Arkansas, having the dubious distinction.

In addition to the four consecutive days of severe weather, there will also be four consecutive days of torrential rain, and that will lead to potentially historic flooding in parts of the South and Midwest, forecasters warned.

Forecasters attributed the violent weather to daytime heating combining with an unstable atmosphere, strong wind shear and abundant moisture streaming into the nation's midsection from the Gulf.

With more than a foot of rain possible over the next four days, the prolonged deluge "is an event that happens once in a generation to once in a lifetime," the weather service said in one of its flood warnings. "Historic rainfall totals and impacts are possible."

The flood fears come as residents in parts of Michigan continued to dig out from a weekend ice storm.

High winds with gusts of up to 50 mph were expected across large parts of the Midwest. In Indiana, an extreme wind gust blew over five semitrucks on Interstate 65 near Lowell, state police reported. No one was hurt.

The ominous forecast comes nearly two years to the day that an EF-3 tornado struck Little Rock. No one was killed, but that twister caused major destruction to neighborhoods and businesses that are still being rebuilt today.

More than 90 million people are at some risk of severe weather in a huge part of the nation that stretches from Texas to Minnesota and Maine, according to the Oklahoma-based Storm Prediction Center.
 

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At least 7 more deaths yesterday as USA's daily Armageddon continues.

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Live Updates: 7 Dead as Storm Soaks Central U.S., Raising Rivers and Flood Fears

Nearly 30 tornadoes were confirmed after the first wave of the storm, which will extend into the weekend. Mud smeared streets in Nashville, while Memphis and nearby towns eyed the rising Mississippi River.

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Floodwaters covered highways from Arkansas to Ohio. Schools in waterlogged communities called off Friday classes. And river towns across the South and Midwest piled up sandbags ahead of a weekend when forecasters expect intense rain and major floods.
The preparations for heavy flooding intensified on Thursday following an outbreak of tornadoes and heavy winds overnight. The storm leveled homes and businesses and killed at least seven people in three states, including a fire chief in Missouri and a teenage girl in Tennessee.
 

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Daily Armageddon continues in the USA.


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10 dead as significant severe weather, flash flooding tear through parts of US
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At least 11 dead as tornadoes, flooding ravage several states in central US
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Tracking more rain and flooding
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Rivers in Central U.S. Swell Rapidly as Storm Inundates Region
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US daily Armageddon death toll rises to at least 18.


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Severe storms and floods batter South and Midwest, as death toll rises to at least 18
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Relentless severe weather, flash flooding threatens Southeast on Sunday
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Residents Exhausted From Dayslong Storm Are Desperate for a Break
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Dangerous rains batter central U.S. as more tornadoes swarm the South
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Death toll rises to 24.

Flood waters still rising.

Prepare for "generational" floods.

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More dead every day. Death toll now at least 25.

Mom remembers 9-year-old son who died in Kentucky floodwaters while walking to school bus stop
Twenty-three people have died in the storms, including four people in Kentucky.
ByChris Looft and Emily Shapiro
April 8, 2025, 9:14 PM

Deadly flooding in the South and MidwestABC News’ Alex Perez reports on the widespread flooding in the wake of deadly storms that have devastated the South and Midwest.

The mother of a 9-year-old boy is speaking out after he was swept away and killed by floodwaters in Kentucky during the four days of historic storms that pounded the region.

Gabriel Andrews was swept away by the floodwaters on Friday morning while walking to his school bus stop in hard-hit Frankfort, according to the Franklin County Coroner’s Office. ...

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La Nina already gone. . .stand by for El Nino. Watch Tassie real estate zoom up in price. Still some cheap blocks to speculate on.
 

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La Nina already gone. . .stand by for El Nino. Watch Tassie real estate zoom up in price. Still some cheap blocks to speculate on.
Tassie has the lowest population growth rate among the states.

It appears that Tassie is most popular among geriatrics. The biggest growth sector of population is the 75+ sector.

From chat GPT:

Current Population Growth
As of September 2024, Tasmania's population grew by only 0.3% over the previous year, making it the slowest-growing state in Australia during that period. This modest increase was driven primarily by net overseas migration, while the state experienced a net outflow of interstate migration and a low level of natural increase (births minus deaths)
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Long-Term Projections
Looking ahead, projections indicate that Tasmania's population will continue to grow, albeit slowly. Under the medium series of the Tasmanian Population Projections (TasPOPP) 2024, the state's population is expected to increase each year, with the growth rate slowing towards the end of the 30-year projection period. The average annual growth rate is projected at 0.37% per year over the projection period, compared to an average annual growth rate of 0.65% over the past 30 years
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However, under the low series projection, the state's population is projected to grow until 2028-29, after which it is expected to start declining, and at an increasing rate. Over the 30-year projection period, the average annual growth rate for the low series is -0.19%
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Demographic Trends
A significant factor influencing these projections is the aging population. Under the medium series, the number of people in every age group from 40 years and above is expected to increase, with the biggest proportionate increases in those aged 75 and above . This demographic shift implies that natural increase will become negative from 2031-32 onwards, with the number of deaths exceeding the number of births. Consequently, migration will become the sole source of population growth .

Conclusion
In summary, while Tasmania's population is still growing, the rate of growth has slowed considerably and is projected to continue slowing in the coming decades. The state's future population growth will increasingly depend on migration, particularly from overseas, as natural increase declines due to an aging population.
 

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Yup. Matter of jobs I guess and Bass Strait.

But next severe El Nino will see more Adelaideans, maybe Perthians and Melbumenites move to the apple isle?

That could be why it might be worth buying some land here.
 

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US Armageddon continues. More deaths. This string commenced on 20250304, 47 days ago.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025...as-severe-weather-sweeps-us-south-and-midwest

At least two dead as severe weather sweeps US South and Midwest

Flooding hit parts of the US South and Midwest during the Easter holiday weekend.

Published On 20 Apr 2025

At least two people, including a child, have died in the US state of Oklahoma after their vehicle was stranded in floodwaters, police said, as severe weather and flooding hit parts of the United States’ South and Midwest during the Easter holiday weekend.

Flood warnings, which suggest that a flood is occurring or is imminent, were in place across Oklahoma.

The National Weather Service said on Sunday that severe thunderstorms were expected from east Texas into far southeast Iowa and Illinois, while the potential for strong tornadoes and damaging winds would exist from central Arkansas into central Missouri.

“This was a historical weather event that impacted roads and caused dozens of high-water incidents,” police in Moore, Oklahoma, about 18km (11 miles) south of Oklahoma City, said in a statement on Sunday.

“One of [the vehicles] left the roadway and was swept under the bridge. At the time of the incident, all but two occupants were rescued. It is with great sadness that we report that two individuals, an adult female and a 12-year-old male, were later located deceased,” the police said.

Authorities in Moore urged people to stay at home and said late on Saturday that they responded to more than a dozen calls from residents whose vehicles were trapped in high water.

A tornado watch was issued for parts of Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Oklahoma, the National Weather Service added.

Earlier this month, a deadly spring storm spawned tornadoes and drenching thunderstorms in a swath of the US stretching from Texas to Ohio, with over a dozen people killed in states in the US South and Midwest.
 
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