Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Storms kill 3 in Oklahoma as gloomy skies could shroud Pope's funeral

Weather successful America: April 21, 2025

FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and upwind quality headlines for your Weather successful America connected Monday, April 21, 2025. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.

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At slightest 3 dormant arsenic terrible storms pummel cardinal US implicit Easter weekend

Powerful thunderstorms that produced ample hail, damaging upwind gusts, tornadoes and flooding tore crossed the Plains and Midwest successful the cardinal U.S. implicit Easter weekend, leaving astatine slightest 3 radical dead.

According to Hughes County Emergency Management successful Oklahoma, a tornado with a preliminary standing of EF-1 with winds of 105-110 mph touched down successful the assemblage of Spaulding, located southeast of Oklahoma City, connected Saturday night. One idiosyncratic was killed, and 2 others were injured.

Tornado harm is seen successful Spaulding, Oklahoma.

(Hughes County Emergency Management/Facebook)

In Moore, astatine slightest 2 people, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed erstwhile flooding swept their conveyance away.

Pope Francis dies connected Easter Monday astatine 88, Vatican says

Officials astatine the Vatican successful Italy announced the decease of Pope Francis connected Easter Monday.

"Dearest brothers and sisters, with heavy sorrow I indispensable denote the decease of our Holy Father Francis," announced Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber. "At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the location of the Father."

People from astir the world volition present descend upon the Vatican successful Vatican City, located wrong Rome, to mourn Pope Francis's decease portion a caller Pope is chosen.

Temperatures successful Vatican City volition scope from the debased to mid-70s with sunny skies and a fewer chances of showers and thunderstorms connected Thursday and Friday.

This graphic shows the upwind forecast for Vatican City implicit the adjacent 7 days.

(FOX Weather)

Watch: Bald eagle deters New York golfer from finishing round

A New York golfer was aiming for a birdie but got an eagle instead.

A video shows him successful the Long Island municipality of Old Westbury astir losing his attack changeable to a bald eagle sitting perched connected the course. The antheral deed the shot onto the greenish successful a bully attack shot, mounting him up good for a comparatively abbreviated putt. In a changeable of atrocious luck, the eagle whitethorn person thought helium was acceptable up good for a speedy snack. 

National Park Week: Explore the earthy wonders of Grand Canyon

National Park Week is underway, and the taxable this twelvemonth is National Park Playlist, which celebrates philharmonic connections to nationalist parks and the American story. Each time of National Park Week volition person suggestions for things to bash designated nether a euphony genre. 

Grand Canyon National Park is location to the country’s largest canyon. It has an mean extent of a mile, and showcases a unsocial geology that comes from the immense powerfulness of h2o to erode the scenery implicit millions of years.

Explore the earthy wonders of Grand Canyon National Park

Saturday marks the commencement of National Parks Week, and FOX Weather is excited to bring you an wrong look astatine immoderate of the astir stunning locations successful the country. FOX Weather's Robert Ray takes you the Grand Canyon National Park to respect 1 of America's earthy wonders.

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