At Least 26 Dead After Storms Sweep South On Easter

For states across the South, Easter Sunday brought massive storms that lead to the deaths of at least 26 people at the time of this writing.

The New York Post reported that “storms caused flooding, mudslides and power outages across 10 states, from Georgia to West Virginia and as far west as Texas.” In Chattanooga, Tennessee, fire departments received at least 300 emergency calls due to the damage caused by the storms, and a local fire department reported that 14 people were hospitalized. The Weather Channel added that at least 20 people across the state had been hospitalized and “more than 150 structures were damaged or destroyed in Hamilton County, which surrounds Chattanooga, Tennessee.”