— It has been a relentless storm season in the Midwest. Then the Mississippi River rose and rose, threatening towns along its banks. And on Wednesday night, a series of violent tornadoes tore through the region, ripping apart buildings and darkening whole neighborhoods. And officials were warning of swollen waters along the Mississippi, the Missouri and the Illinois Rivers. All of it was bringing a new level of exhaustion to a region that has found itself fighting multiple crises through a wet and battering spring.

Source: New York Times May 24, 2019 00:08 UTC