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Fitting for an active March, the final day of the month brought severe weather. This trend continued into the first week of April, leading to rounds of severe storms every day from March 31 to April 4.

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Severe Recap

Tuesday, March 31, severe thunderstorms with wind gusts up to 75 mph rumbled across the southern Great Lakes from northern Indiana to western Pennsylvania and New York. Trees were downed in several areas, some on homes.

Three weak tornadoes were confirmed, including EF1s in Cattaraugus County, New York and near Hicksville, Ohio. A brief EF0 was also confirmed near Apple Creek, Ohio.

In total, there were over 90 wind reports and over 40 large hail reports March 31.

Flash flooding was reported in parts of the Cleveland metro area, and basements were flooded in Austintown and Lowellville, Ohio.

To start the month of April, severe thunderstorms were scattered from Delaware to eastern New Mexico. Hail up to the size of tennis balls was seen in Blaine County, Oklahoma. Roof damage was reported in Snyder, Texas, and wind gusts from 70 to 75 mph were clocked in a few areas between Lubbock and Wichita Falls. Flash flooding was reported overnight in parts of western Missouri south of Kansas City. There were around 60 damaging wind reports and over 20 large hail reports.

It was more of the same April 2 as severe thunderstorms erupted across parts of the Midwest.

One long-livedsupercell thunderstormapparently spawned severaltornadoesacross parts of eastern Iowa, south and east of Iowa City, to near the Mississippi River north of Davenport.

Significant damage, also from an apparent tornado, was reported near Dixon, Illinois. Trees were downed on homes in Parke County, Indiana, and hail larger than baseballs was reported near Martinsburg, Iowa, and Thomson, Illinois.

On April 3, there were two tornado reports, one in Tazewell County, Illinois, and one in Seminole County, Oklahoma. Of the over 20 hail reports, the most impressive was baseball-sized hail - 2.75 inches in diameter- reported in Kiowa County, Oklahoma. Surveyors are being sent out and more information will be revealed throughout the weekend.

Nearly 20 high wind reports have come in, primarily across Texas and Oklahoma. Gusts between 60-70 mph were more widespread, with Hardeman County, Texas, seeing a gust of 86 mph.

In total, there have been nearly 30 flood reports from around 6 pm on April 3 to about noon on April 4, including some water rescues from cars stuck in flooded streets in Texas and Ohio.

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April 4 saw a tornado strick Lindale, Texas, bringing damage to three homes.

Storm Fatigue

It was yet another active March for severe weather in the U.S., including parts of the Midwest.

On March 6, four tornadoes struck southern Michigan, including an EF3 in Branch County, killing three, an EF2 in Three Rivers and an EF1 tornado that claimed a life in Cass County.

Four days later, a lone supercell spawned 12 tornadoes across northeast Illinois into northwest Indiana, including the EF3 Kankakee, Illinois, tornado, which killed three.

Then on March 15, another 17 tornadoes were confirmed across central and southern Illinois.

NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has received 196 reports of and confirmed tornadoes in March, almost double the 20-year average of March twisters (104).

Be Prepared

There are steps you can take to stay safe in severe weather:

1. Know where to seek safe shelter when severe weather strikesbeforethe storm. If you live in a manufactured home, the safest place is probably either a designated community shelter or the closest building, such as a church, industrial building or any building with reinforced concrete.

2. Have multiple ways of receiving official National Weather Service watches and warnings, including from yourphoneandNOAA weather radio. Make sure your devices are fully charged in case you lose power and alerts are turned on to wake you up at night.

3. Seek safe shelterimmediatelywhen you receive a severe thunderstorm or tornado warning for your area.

4.Never drive into floodwaters. You could be carried away and the road underneath could have been washed away.

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Jonathan Erdman is a senior meteorologist at weather.com and has been covering national and international weather since 1996. Extreme and bizarre weather are his favorite topics. Reach out to him onBluesky,X (formerly Twitter)andFacebook.

At least one person was killed and several injured on Friday ahead of a soccer derby match at the Alejandro Villanueva Stadium in the Peruvian capital, said club Alianza Lima, a day before it faces off against Universitario.

The club offered condolences and solidarity for the casualties, which media said included 60 injured during a "flag‑waving event" at the stadium, popularly known as Matute.

"We are fully and transparently collaborating with the competent authorities," the club added in its statement, vowing "total transparency" in helping to clarify the facts of an incident whose cause was not immediately clear.

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Alianza Lima ruled out any structural failures at the stadium, as did a fire official.

"Based on what has been assessed, no structure has been affected," fire official Marco Pajuelo told news channel Canal N, saying an initial inspection showed no one had fallen into a pit. "There hasn't been any debris."

Saturday's match would proceed as planned, the Peruvian Professional Soccer League said.

"We will continue to work closely with the clubs and authorities to promote safe environments both inside and outside the stadiums," it added in a statement.

So much for "Pink Skies."

Zach Bryansays he was "forced" to cancel his Tulsa, Okla. concert at H.A. Chapman Stadium on Friday due to severe weather conditions.

In his five years of touring, "I've never cancelled a headlining show," the 30-year-old country singer captioned hisInstagrampost sharing the disappointing news. "I pissed off plenty people this morning trying to 'play anyways.' If I had ANY say in this, things would be different."

The second slide of Bryan's social media post is a screenshot of his text exchange with someone explaining the predicted weather conditions: wind gusts in excess of 60 mph, hail, and intense lightning.

"Are you kidding," replies the Oklahoma native.

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"I am being forced by my team to cancel the show tonight due to the threat of extreme and dangerous weather," reads the graphic in his Instagram post. "I've never canceled a show in my life, but I unfortunately don't have a choice in the matter."

With Heaven on Tour, named after Bryan's new album,With Heaven on Top, just kicked off March 6 in St. Louis, withKings of Leonas his opening act for several shows. The 39-date trek will make its way around the U.S. and Europe, before concluding in Auburn, Ala. on Oct. 10.

It's been a banner year for the Grammy-winning country star, both professionally and personally.

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On New Year's Eve, hemarriedgirlfriend Samantha Leonard at Basílica de Santa María del Coro in San Sebastián, Spain. Days later on Jan. 9, 2026, he releasedWith Heaven on Top, his sixth album, which debuted at No. 1 on theBillboard200 chart.

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If music had a reigning couple,BeyoncéandJay-Zwould claim the throne.

The A-list couple, who married 18 years ago on April 4, sharethree children:Blue Ivy, born in 2012, and twins Rumi and Sir, born in 2017. With a combined 60Grammy Awardsbetween them, the Carters have long since established themselves as industry pioneers and visionaries — all while ensuring their family of five stays strong.

As they celebrate their 18th anniversary, look back on their relationship with a photo of the pair from every year since theirManhattan nuptials.

2009

A year after their marriage, Beyoncé showed off her glitzy diamond ring in a backstage photo with her husband at the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards.

2010

Beyoncé joined Jay-Z onstage to perform "Young Forever" during his 2010 headlining performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

2011

The two love a good basketball game, cozying up to each other at the 2011 NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles.

2012

At a New York Knicks game against the New Jersey Nets, they bumped fists in a sweet court-side moment.

2013

After PresidentBarack Obama's re-election, Jay-Z and Beyoncé stepped out arm-in-arm for the inauguration in Washington, D.C.

2014

They went on their first joint tour in 2014, sharing an onstage kiss during their stop in the City of Love.

2015

Jay-Z accompanied a sparkling Beyoncé to the 2015 Met Gala, where she wore a bejeweled Givenchy gown.

2016

The power couple headlined a concert for Democratic Party candidateHillary Clintonat a pre-election event in Cleveland.

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2017

A pregnant Beyoncé and Jay-Z attended the 2017 Grammys, where she performed two songs off her acclaimed albumLemonadeand received two trophies.

2018

They embarked on another joint stadium tour following the release of their collaboration albumEverything Is Love, showing off their love with another onstage kiss at their New Jersey stop.

2019

Jay-Z supported his wife at the premiere of her filmThe Lion King, in which she voiced Mufasa's love interest Nala.

2020

Every year, Jay-Z's company Roc Nation holds a pre-Grammys brunch, and the couple always step out in style together.

2021

The couple enjoyed a basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks in N.Y.C. after stay-at-home mandates were lifted.

2022

Awards shows have become the norm for the pair, and they attended the 2022Oscarswhen the singer earned a Best Original Song nomination for her song "Be Alive" fromKing Richard.

2023

In recent years, the couple have turned the Grammy Awards into their annual date night, bringing their best black tie attire to the 2023 ceremony.

2024

At the 2024 Grammys, Beyoncé teased her eighth studio album with a tip of her cowboy hat as the two struck a pose at their table.

2025

They returned for the 2025 Grammys, where Beyoncé claimed her long-overdue album of the year trophy forCowboy Carter.

2026

Since Jay-Z's Roc Nation partnered with theSuper Bowlto produce the halftime show, the Carters are regulars at the Big Game — often bringing Blue Ivy along for the fun. During the 2026 game between the Seahawks and Patriots, Beyoncé and Jay-Z snapped a sweet suite pic.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has revoked the green cards or U.S. visas of at least four Iranian nationals connected to the current or former Iranian government, including two who have been detained by immigration authorities and are to be deported.

The latest actions were taken just this week when Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined they were no longer eligible for either lawful permanent resident status, or to enter the United States. The steps follow a move late last year in which the visas of several diplomats and staffers at Iran's mission to the United Nations were also revoked.

In a statement on Saturday, the State Department said the niece and grand-niece of former Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps chief Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike near the Baghdad airport in 2020, had been arrested late Friday by immigration agents after Rubio revoked their green cards.

"Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter are now in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement," the statement said, adding that Afshar's husband has also been banned from entering the United States.

Afshar and her daughter had been living a "lavish lifestyle" in Los Angeles for many years while publicly supporting the Iranian government and anti-American attacks, according to the statement.

She is "an outspoken supporter of the Iranian regime who celebrated attacks on Americans and referred to our country as the "Great Satan," Rubio said in a post on X. "The Trump administration will not allow our country to become a home for foreign nationals who support anti-American terrorist regimes."

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The Iranian mission to the U.N. had no comment Saturday.

Afshar and her daughter are just the latest Iranians to have their legal status in the U.S. rescinded by Rubio, who recently revoked the visas of Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, an academic and the daughter of Iran's former national security adviser Ali Larijani who was killed in a U.S.-Israel airstrike last month. Her husband, Seyed Kalantar Motamedi, also had his visa revoked, the State Department said. Neither are still in the U.S.

In early December, well before the surge of anti-government protests in Iran and the start of the war, the State Department revoked or declined to renew visas of several Iranian diplomats, including the deputy ambassador, and staffers at Iran's mission to the United Nations.

The department said Friday that action had been taken on Dec. 4 but declined to comment further "for privacy and security reasons" except to note that it was unrelated to either the protests or the war.

AP reporter Farnoush Amiri contributed to this story.

At least two American military jets -- an F-15E and an A-10 -- have beendownedby Iranian fire, officials told ABC News.

One of the members of the F-15's crew was rescued while a search and rescue mission continued for the other, the officials said.

In a separate incident, an A-10 was hit by Iranian fire and managed to fly to Kuwait, a separate official said. The pilot in that case was rescued.

The conditions of the crew members aboard the aircraft are not known.

Here's what to know about the military jets — workhorses for the Air Force.

2 US jets downed by Iranian fire; search and rescue mission underway for 1 crew member

F-15E Strike Eagle

The F-15E has been a workhorse for the Air Force for decades. The F-15A made its first flight in July 1972, according to the Air Force. It was followed by the B variation, a single-seat C version and two-seat D model in 1979.

The E variant first came to Luke Air Force Base in April 1988, the Air Force said.

The powerful jet features "high engine thrust-to-weight ratio," allowing it to accelerate even while climbing vertically, and features tremendous maneuverability, allowing it to "turn tightly without losing airspeed," the Air Force said.

The E variant is a dual-role fighter, designed to operate in all weather and perform air-to-air and air-to-ground missions.

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The F-15E has a rear cockpit for the weapons system officer with four screens that can display an array of data. The pilot has a glass heads up display and "doesn't need to look down into the cockpit, for example, to check weapon status," the Air Force said.

The F-15E can hit 1,875 mph and fly up to 60,000 feet. It can carry missiles and has a 20mm gun with 500 rounds of ammunition.

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A-10C Thunderbolt II

The A-10 "Warthog" has been around for decades as well, designed to support ground operations at low altitudes.

What it lacked in speed -- the Air Force lists its top speed as 420 mph -- it made up for in toughness.

The A-10 was meant to take hits and keep going, the Air Force says.

"The aircraft can survive direct hits from armor-piercing and high explosive projectiles up to 23mm," the Air Force said. "Their self-sealing fuel cells are protected by internal and external foam. Manual systems back up their redundant hydraulic flight-control systems. This permits pilots to fly and land when hydraulic power is lost."

Pilots and the flight control system are protected by titanium armor and survivability is increased through "redundant primary structural sections."

In addition, to operating low to the ground, they can land in a variety of conditions and servicing is relatively easy with interchangeable parts on both sides of the aircraft.

In addition to air-to-surface weapons, the A-10 has a Gatling gun that can fire 3,900 rounds a minute, which can destroy tanks.

The A-10 flew over 8,000 sorties in the Gulf War and was mission capable 95.7% of the time, the Air Force said.

When Sundus al Kurd and her daughter Bissan were separated at the start of the Israel-Hamas war in 2023, she wasn't sure she'd see her again. Bissan was only a few days old when her mother allowed her to be medically evacuated from the Gaza strip to Egypt.

The premature baby's life was saved, along with others, by the World Health Organization and Palestinian Red Crescent during the height of the conflict, but now the two have been reunited.

"After all this time, my daughter is finally back in my arms!" al Kurd, a young Palestinian mother, exclaims as she held her child for the first time in over two years.

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"Every day, I lived with fear -- fear that I might never hold her again, fear that she might forget me. But the moment I held her in my arms again, it felt like she had never been away. That moment was complete joy!" the 27-year-old al Kurd told ABC News.

Bissan, who has spent the last 2 1/2 years in Egypt, had been one of 33 premature babies trapped inside the Al Shifa hospital as the Israeli military laid siege to it in November 2023.

"Being reunited with my daughter is something I cannot fully describe. It is a mix of relief, love, and something deeper -- like life returning to me after being paused for years," al Kurd said.

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"The first night we spent together was very emotional. I couldn't sleep. I kept watching her, holding her, making sure she was really there beside me. I was afraid to close my eyes, as if it was all a dream that might disappear," she said.

Bissan's life had been in imminent danger in November 2023, doctors said. The neonatal unit she was in at Al Shifa hospital was running out of fuel and oxygen, cut off by the Israeli army, which had encircled the hospital, saying that Hamas had a hidden command center in its precincts, something both Hamas medical teams there strongly denied.

"They were meant to die without incubators, without oxygen, without water, but they survived every single stage of this terrible reality," Dr. Ahmed Mokhallalati, the former head of plastic surgery at Al Shifa Hospital, told ABC News.

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Mokhallalati was one of the few doctors who remained at Al Shifa throughout the Israeli siege.

"Most of the doctors were surgeons, not even pediatricians, but we felt we had to do our best to keep these kids alive," he said. "We felt these kids were like our own babies. Every morning, we would go just to make sure they were still alive."

He said that the extreme danger of the situation forced some parents to abandon their babies.

"There were no parents because the hospital was bombed and people were forced to flee to save their other children," Mokhallalati said. "In the calculus of survival, mothers fled with the children who could run and left behind those who could not, making an impossible choice."

The premature babies were left fighting for their lives for days, with one doctor and six nurses caring for them in ever-worsening conditions, he said.

"We did not know their names, we did not know their parents. They had no one to take care of them. They were wearing only small wristbands, usually with their mothers' names, and that was the only thing we knew about them," Mokhallalati said.

Not all the babies survived those difficult days. Five died as the team struggled to keep them fed and warm, but Mokhallalati was amazed that so many of the babies made it.

"They were meant to die at many stages but they survived every single challenge," adding, "They were the only feeling of hope we had in all of this chaos and destruction."

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On Nov. 19, 2023, they were rescued after the WHO and the Palestinian Red Crescent were given access to the hospital. They carried the precious cargo through a war zone to a hospital in Rafah, in southern Gaza, before taking them across the border to Egypt, officials said.

"Twenty-eight were evacuated to Egypt, but seven more died there due to the difficult conditions, leaving 21 survivors. Of those, 11 have now returned on March 30, while four others came back earlier when Rafah crossing opened, and six remain in Egypt with their families," Dr. Ahmed Al-Farra, the head of pediatrics and neonatal care at Nasser Hospital in Gaza, told ABC News.

Among those returning was 2-year-old Azzhar Kafarna. Her mother, Heba Saleh, described the ordeal of their separation to ABC News.

"For two and a half years, I felt something missing all the time," she said.

"I missed everything -- her first smile, her first steps, even the little things that any mother waits for. I used to imagine her ... how she looks now, how her voice sounds, and if she would recognize me when we finally meet," Saleh said.

She was nervous about their reunion, "When I saw her again, I didn't know what to feel. I just hugged her tightly. It felt like I was holding all the days we lost in that one moment."

Al-Farra examined all the toddlers when they returned to Gaza this week.

"All of the children are in generally good condition, with normal weight and growth, but many are facing complications linked to extreme prematurity," he said.

Al-Farra says many of them, "have vision problems and need glasses because their eye nerves were not fully developed," like Bissan, who wears a bright red pair of spectacles.

However, not all of them have come back to happy reunions.

Bissan, who spent the last 2 1/2 years in Egypt, had been one of 33 premature babies trapped inside the Al Shifa hospital as the Israeli military laid siege to it in November 2023.

"I don't think all of these children have parents to return to. Some of their families were likely killed during the war," Al-Farra said.

"In one case, there is real confusion over the child's identity, with more than one person claiming the baby. We are still trying to identify the family, but without access to DNA testing in Gaza, we cannot confirm who the child belongs to," he said.

Fear returning to Gaza

Both the mothers ABC News spoke with were nervous about their children returning to Gaza.

"As a mother, I feel everything at once. I'm happy she's finally with me ... but at the same time, I feel guilty, even though I had no choice. I keep thinking about all the moments I wasn't there for." Saled said.

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"And of course, I'm worried about raising her in Gaza. I want her to feel safe, to live a normal life, but the situation here is not easy," Saled said.

That sentiment was echoed by al Kurd.

"I am also worried. My daughter has never heard the sound of bombing before. I am afraid of how she might react if she experiences it here in Gaza. This fear is always in my heart."

"I wish for my daughter to have a better future, a life that is safer and more stable than the one we are living now," al Kurd said.