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Tornadoes, wildfires, blinding dust sweep across U.S. as massive storm leaves at least 35 dead

NEW By Jeff Roberson, Julie Walker, Rebecca Reynolds, posted March 16, 2025

PIEDMONT, Mo. (AP) — Residents pounded by unusually vicious weather across parts of the U.S. surveyed damage Sunday from violent tornadoes, high winds and blinding dust storms that decimated homes and other structures and left at least 35 people dead.

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Tornadoes, wildfires, blinding dust sweep across U.S. as massive storm leaves at least 35 dead

Residents look for personal belongings in the damage after a tornado passed through where two people lost their lives, Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Plantersville, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

By Jeff Roberson, Julie Walker, Rebecca Reynolds, posted March 16, 2025 in National News

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By Rick Harrington, posted March 14, 2025 in First Person

I had arrived in Nepal less than 24 hours before. That was an experience. Coming off the plane, the airport was packed with jostling people speaking a language I could not understand. Hustlers were eager to take advantage of foreigners, quickly carrying my bags without asking and then demanding a tip. Thoughts entered my mind about whether I had just made a serious mistake traveling halfway around the world to the foothills of the Himalayas. I felt like a speck that would get lost in this ocean of people and never be found again.

128 people weathered a snow storm for the launch of Change City Church in central Ohio on Feb. 16. Change City photo

By Diana Chandler, posted March 14, 2025 in Church Planting

PICKERINGTON, Ohio (BP) – A year’s planning had gone into Change City Church in central Ohio before launch day on what was initially a rainy Feb. 16. That’s when the texts started arriving on Pastor Darryl Baker’s phone.

By Timothy Cockes, posted March 14, 2025 in New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

NEW ORLEANS -- Chuck Kelley, president emeritus of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College, spoke about his journey of grief after losing his beloved wife Rhonda in his first chapel message since his retirement.

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By Scott Barkley, posted March 14, 2025 in Sexual Abuse

A former Ypsilanti, Mich., youth choir director originally arrested last October on 30 counts of sexual abuse received 30 more after testimony during a preliminary examination March 4.