{"id":594193,"date":"2026-04-19T19:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/594193\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T19:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:22:10","slug":"us-hit-by-extreme-weather-chaos-tornadoes-floods-heatwave-collide-planet-pulse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/594193\/","title":{"rendered":"US Hit by Extreme Weather Chaos: Tornadoes, Floods, Heatwave Collide | Planet Pulse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Firstpost Image\" title=\"Firstpost\" id=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HSdfrlUieJ-thumbnail1776606089122jpg-Zk9FaoA5c6.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/firstpost.png\" alt=\"logo\" class=\"jsx-2bf687ef3d6e2fdd\"\/>US Hit by Extreme Weather Chaos: Tornadoes, Floods, Heatwave Collide | Planet Pulse | N18G<\/p>\n<p class=\"jsx-2bf687ef3d6e2fdd popdclmr\">This is an AI-generated summary and has not been vetted by the Firstpost editorial team<\/p>\n<p>The United States is facing an unprecedented surge of extreme weather, as a wave of atmospheric instability batters the nation coast to coast. From powerful tornadoes and destructive winds in the Midwest, including hard-hit Ottawa, Kansas, to severe flooding emergencies in Michigan and Texas, the country is experiencing dramatic climate extremes within days. Authorities declared a state of emergency at the Cheboygan Lock and Dam, while flash floods turned Texas highways into rivers. Meanwhile, the West saw record-breaking heat swiftly followed by heavy snowfall in California\u2019s Sierra Nevada. This rare convergence of heatwaves, floods, and storms highlights the growing intensity of climate-driven weather events across the United States.&#13;<br \/>\n&#8230;Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US Hit by Extreme Weather Chaos: Tornadoes, Floods, Heatwave Collide | Planet Pulse | N18G This is an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-594193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}