A series of outbreaks in March, April and May have produced hundreds of tornadoes, with five of them rating as violent EF4s.

The family said they'd come to assume the cat was gone until someone heard a faint meow from the destroyed house.

Languages: English and Italian. Using the excuse of an imminent tornado, a stray cat wandered into a woman's home for shelter. Now, days later, the storm is over but he refuses to leave.