Deadly Tornadoes Struck This Past Weekend

The quiet 2014 severe weather season turned grimly violent over the weekend, as multiple deadly tornadoes ended a record-long start to a year without a tornado fatality. Media reports put Sunday's death toll at 18, with 16 of deaths in Arkansas, one in Iowa, and one in Oklahoma. Hardest-hit were Mayflower and Vilonia, Arkansas, located about fifteen miles north of Little Rock. A large and powerful tornado that had been on the ground nearly an hour carved through the region near sunset, killing at least ten people.