At least one person was killed and nearly two dozen injured in severe weather that swept Sunday night through Jasper County, Mississippi, local officials said.
At least one person was killed and nearly two dozen injured in severe weather that swept Sunday night through Jasper County, Mississippi, local officials said in a news release. [Previous story, publish at 8:50 a.m. ET] More than 50 million people in the Southeast face the possibility of severe weather Monday as sweltering, record-breaking temperatures threaten millions more, including many who remain without power after several rounds of storms last week.
Half a million without power in punishing heat Meanwhile, around 35 million people are under heat alerts from a blistering heat wave that has settled across much of Texas, Louisiana and southern New Mexico and Mississippi, according to the National Weather Service.
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