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Beware the Ides of March

40 Dead in Severe Weather Rampage

A Weekend Full of Tornadoes, Flooding, Wildfires, Dust Storms And an Earthquake

By Brittany Martin
brittany@mckenziebanner.com
Posted 3/18/25

UNITED STATES (March 14-16) — The Ides of March was particularly deadly on Friday and Saturday with an estimated 40 people dying as severe weather rampaged across seven states. Tornadoes, flooding, wildfires, an earthquake and even a dust storm in Kansas added to the body count when a 71-vehicle pile-up on I-70 killed eight people.

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