Deadly Weekend Full Movie
Shawnna Franz
The International Code Council is coordinating with its federal, state, and local partners to help following the devastating tornadoes that swept across Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee this past weekend. The Code Council extends its deepest sympathies to all those affected, particularly those who lost loved ones during these tragic events.
To our affected members, we are committed to supporting you in any way possible during your time of need, including coordinating resources for post-disaster building safety assessments, supplemental staffing, or other needs as they arise.
Chicago police are investigating three deadly shootings that happened over the holiday weekend. A 16-year-old boy was killed in a mass shooting in Austin Sunday afternoon where another shooting left a 19-year-old woman dead earlier that day. A man was fatally shot while driving on the Southwest Side.
FILE - A vial containing 2mg of fentanyl, which will kill a human if ingested into the body, is displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Testing and Research Laboratory in Sterling, Va., on Aug. 9, 2016. Police in Portland, Ore., say that at least eight people died from suspected drug overdoses over the weekend. The police bureau said that six of the deaths were likely fentanyl related. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
It has quickly become the deadliest drug in the nation, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Two-thirds of the 107,000 overdose deaths in 2021 were attributed to synthetic opioids like fentanyl, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
That year, fentanyl also contributed to a record number of homeless deaths in Portland. Compared with 2020, the number of homeless deaths involving fentanyl jumped more than eightfold, from four to 36, according to a Multnomah County report released in February.
Statewide, the number of fatal and unintentional overdoses involving fentanyl more than doubled from 2020 to 2021, from 226 deaths to 508, according to the Oregon Health Authority. Fentanyl and methamphetamine were the most common drugs in overdose deaths in 2021, the agency found.
Claire Rush is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
Also, over this weekend, a 19-year-old man from Easley, South Carolina was charged with one count of felony DUI and two counts of DUI with great bodily injury. According to WYFF 4, Andrew Brezeale of Easley, was headed north on Highway 183, when his pickup truck went left of center line striking a Toyota head on. According to WYFF, the driver of the Toyota died at the scene, while two young children were transported by EMS to the hospital.
All three of these tragic incidents involving automobiles, highlight the dangers of car crashes in South Carolina. Every year approximately 1,000 lives are lost on South Carolina highways. Furthermore, many those crashes are caused by drivers who are under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol. In recent weeks, Anderson, Greenville, and Spartanburg have suffered a rash of fatal car crashes culminating in the incidents over this past weekend.
These shootings occurred as communities commemorated National Gun Violence Awareness Day through Wear Oranges events across the nation over the weekend. These shootings also come after Texas adjourned the 2023 legislative session where, amidst several mass shootings across the state, Texas lawmakers passed a bill that will arm more teachers and failed to take any meaningful action on life-saving gun safety bills.
In an average year, 3,996 people die by guns in Texas, and 5,556 more are wounded. Guns are the leading cause of death among children and teens in Texas. More information on gun violence in Texas is available here.
The warm, moist air that's fueled one of the most active periods for tornadoes in recent years will linger over the Plains region, bringing thunderstorms capable of spawning twisters across the central U.S. this week, according to the National Weather Service.
Dallas County officials issued a disaster declaration Tuesday. Judge Clay Jenkins posted on X that the storms will likely result in "a multi day power outage for a significant number" of utility customers in the region.
More than 800,000 homes and businesses across north-central Texas were without power Tuesday afternoon as up to 2.5 inches of rain fell in some areas. Dallas County, the second most populous county in Texas, reported most of the outages with about 320,000 utility customers in the dark.
NetBlocks, a firm that tracks cybersecurity, said live network data showed sharp drops in internet connectivity across the state as the weather service warned at least one more thunderstorm complex will develop in West Texas Tuesday afternoon. The system is expected to move into north-central Texas overnight and into Wednesday morning, bringing risk of hail, high winds and localized flooding.
The cluster of storms is expected to lash southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana throughout the afternoon. Meanwhile, a fresh round of strong storms could develop across west Texas on Tuesday afternoon and evening, the Storm Prediction Center said. The flooding and storms could extend from the Texas Panhandle to the western Gulf Coast.
Magnolia Fire Department Division Chief Jason Herrman told USA TODAY that one person died after two houses under construction collapsed Tuesday afternoon in the wake of a brutal storm that ravaged Magnolia, Texas. Crews were working to stabilize a third house that partially collapsed, Herrman said, in the town that is about 45 miles northwest of Houston.
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office confirmed a 16-year-old boy working on the construction site died in the collapse. Workers noticed the house began to shift during the thunderstorm, a preliminary investigation found, and all but one person were able to get out before it crashed down.
The sheriff's office said that it responded to the call at around 12:25 p.m. local time. The boy was pronounced dead on the scene. Next of kin has been notified but authorities said the victim's name will not be released.
The fire department has also received several calls about downed power lines, broken windows and fallen trees, including one that collapsed on a residence. Herrman said he was not aware of any other storm-related deaths in Magnolia on Tuesday.
A ground stop at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport was lifted Tuesday while another one at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport continued into the evening, the Federal Aviation Administration reported on its system status website.
School districts throughout north-central Texas either canceled classes for the day or delayed the first bell by a few hours. The University of Texas at Dallas closed its campus until 12 p.m. local time. In a post on X, the school urged students, staff and faculty to "stay off campus while we assess damage."
Officials for the city of Forney, just east of Dallas, asked residents to conserve water as the pump station and backup generators experienced "electrical issues caused by the storms," a post on the city's Facebook page said. Kaufman County, which encompasses Forney, canceled court for the day and delayed the opening of all non-emergency departments until 10 a.m. local time.
The storms also interrupted the state's primary runoff election day Tuesday, knocking out power at several voting centers. Dallas County officials announced polling stations would be open an extra two hours until 9 p.m. local time so voters had time to cast their ballots amid the widespread outages and hazardous weather.
Meanwhile, the intense heat wave that's burdened the Gulf Coast for the last week will linger across the region and parts of southern Texas with "feels like" temperatures up to 115 degrees, the weather service said. High temperatures are also expected to remain above average with near daily record highs throughout central and southern Florida over the next few days.
The oppressive heat set new daily high records across the Sunshine State on Memorial Day. In Melbourne and Fort Pierce, on the Atlantic Coast, temperatures of 98 degrees were recorded, matching the warmest May temperature ever recorded in Fort Pierce and reaching the second highest temperature recorded in Melbourne.
Tuesday's storms are expected to continue into the night, and while they will diminish in strength they could remain capable of triggering floods across eastern Texas and Louisiana, the weather service said. Meteorologists say there is a possibility storms could develop across the Lone Star State on Wednesday.
The danger, however, will shift north into the upper Plains region, particularly along a corridor spanning from Montana and North Dakota to Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas. The weather service warned that the storms pose a threat of "severe hail and wind" that will appear and develop late Wednesday afternoon and evening.
On Thursday, storms are forecast to sweep across the central and southern Plains through the day and into the night, renewing threats of damaging wind, hail and floods in northern Texas and western Oklahoma. The system may include a few supercells, the most powerful thunderstorm type, according to the weather service.
At least eight people died in Arkansas, seven in Texas, including two children; five in Kentucky and two in Oklahoma amid tornadoes that tore across communities, toppling trees, overturning cars and flattening buildings, authorities said. In Texas, at least 200 homes and buildings were destroyed and 120 were damaged over the weekend.
Earlier in May, eight people in the Houston area were killed in storms that unleashed winds over 100 mph. Last Wednesday, a tornado touched down in Temple, Texas, ravaging the small city north of Austin and leaving several people with minor injuries. Also this month, hundreds of people had to be evacuated from eastern Texas in a deluge that took the life of a 4-year-old boy and led to historic river flooding.
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