More than 50 tornado reports were received in at least seven states as of April 1: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Mississippi, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
Faithful turn to prayer as tornadoes tear through center of U.S., taking at least 21 lives
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Bishop ‘profoundly saddened’ by deaths, damage from Midwest storms
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee May 24 called for “prayers for the victims and their grieving families and communities” affected by devastating storms from Texas to Illinois.