Extreme Weather
Fifteen people are also injured, authorities say.
Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency and activated the California National Guard.
The state cut its water consumption by 27 percent last month.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Fires threaten homes and tourism in Montana, Washington and California.
State can't ding some farmers who keep taking water, raising questions about wider implications.
Chinese authorities have evacuated tens of thousands of people as a super-typhoon with wind gusts up to 125 mph heads toward the southeastern coast.
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Keep an eye on the skies, Illinois--it's officially tornado season in the Midwest and other tornado-alley states, which usually runs between March and June. But over the past few years, more tornadoes have touched down in Illinois outside of this timespan than during the peak spring season.