00:00Over 50 million Americans are picking up the pieces tonight
00:02after one of the most violent tornado outbreaks
00:05to strike the United States so far this year.
00:08An EF3 tornado tore directly through Buffalo County, Wisconsin,
00:13leveling homes and throwing debris across a massive corridor.
00:16Aerial footage shows entire neighborhoods flattened.
00:20The outbreak stretched more than 1,500 miles
00:23across the central United States,
00:26from northern Oklahoma through Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin,
00:30and Minnesota.
00:31The National Weather Service issued a tornado emergency,
00:34one of its highest-level alerts,
00:36as the storm system fired multiple confirmed twisters simultaneously.
00:41State records were shattered.
00:43In the Chicago forecast area alone,
00:46the NWS issued 128 severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings,
00:51the highest number ever recorded through April.
00:54Emergency managers across 10 states are urging residents
00:58to stay off roads as damage assessments continue.
01:01This outbreak comes as 2026 is already on pace
01:05to become the most active severe weather year since 2006.
01:09Scientists say the pattern shows no sign of slowing down.
01:12If you live in the central United States,
01:15this is not a drill.
01:16The season is just beginning.
01:18The season is also only one of the most active people's most active people's most active people's most active people's
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01:19And then,
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