Approximately 170,000 properties were potentially impacted by the recent severe tornado outbreak across the Midwest and Mississippi Valley, in addition to wildfires and dust storms across the Southern Plains, CoreLogic said.

The early season tornado outbreak over March 13-16 spawned at least 98 tornadoes in the central and southern U.S. CoreLogic estimates that properties with a total reconstruction cost value of nearly $33 billion were potentially within the tornado paths.

More than 50,000 properties in Missouri were in the path of tornadoes, CoreLogic said. Of these properties, approximately 10,700 have a 50-70 percent probability of tornadic damage.

Mississippi had the next most properties potentially within the tornado paths (31,000), followed by Alabama (20,000) and Illinois (16,000).

Dry, windy conditions contributed to the rapid spread of wildfires in Oklahoma and Texas. Wildfires have destroyed more than 400 homes in Oklahoma and burned at least 170,000 acres in the state.

A severe dust storm in western Kansas on March 14 contributed to a 71-car pileup on Interstate 70. On the same day, a dust storm near Amarillo, Texas led to multiple vehicle accidents. Wind gusts reached up to 85 mph in parts of Texas.

The U.S. is experiencing a weak La Niña, which can enhance severe convective storm conditions earlier in the year than usual.

Photo: People work through the debris of the Cave City Auto Parts store on Saturday, March 15, 2025 after a severe weather storm Friday night in Cave City, Ark. (Staci Vandagriff/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)