And it’s not over yet.
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Saudi Arabia projects B budget deficit as lower oil prices cut into
Next year’s budget projects spending of 840 billion riyals, down from 975 billion spent this year. The original budget plan for 2015 projected spending of SR860 billion (9 billion).
The severe weather outbreak entailed killer tornadoes in Texas, flooding in the Midwest and blizzard conditions in New Mexico, CNN reports.
Palestinian dead after ramming Israelis, wounding 9
The attack, by Israeli ultra-nationalists, put Israel under growing global pressure to resolve the case. Israeli forces have killed at least 109 Palestinians, most of whom the army described as assailants.
“The storm system will gradually pull away by Tuesday, but flooding and treacherous travel could (linger) into midweek”, the National Weather Service said. More severe weather is on the way.
Jerusalem attacker stabs Israeli soldier with kitchen knife
In October, Israel began withholding the bodies of suspected attackers as a tactic to crack down on the violence. The Palestinians say it is rooted in frustrations stemming from almost five decades of Israeli occupation.
In southern IL, authorities said three adults and two children drowned Saturday evening when the vehicle they were riding in was swept away and sank in a rain-swollen creek. The county sheriff believes a fifth person was in that auto.
Four of the Missouri deaths were worldwide soldiers stationed at Fort Leonard in Wood for training.
The Governor also urges residents to use caution in northern Missouri, where snow and freezing rain are expected as temperatures drop and wind gusts increase.
Eleven people died in the state after several tornadoes were reported in the Dallas area, causing substantial damage to homes and buildings and sending dozens to the hospital.
In Arkansas, a tornado touched down in the city of Bearden, about 128 km from the state capital of Little Rock, tearing roofs off buildings and uprooting trees.
In Tennessee, the year-end storms killed at least three, including a 22-year-old man in Rhea County and a 70-year-old man and a 69-year-old woman in Perry County.
Much of Missouri is under a Flash Flood Warning and received 3 to 6 inches of rain this weekend.
As in Missouri, several people died over the weekend in IL when a motorist tried to drive over a flooded roadway.
Rain and thunderstorms are expected to produce rainfall amounts of 5 to 8 inches across the area by Monday, causing rapid rises on local rivers and creeks, according to the National Weather Service.
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Missouri’s governor has declared a state of emergency because of widespread flooding that has led to multiple fatalities.
