At least eleven people have died in the southern and east-central United States from the violent storms and tornadoes, which caused damage to houses and businesses and the cut off of the electricity supply, while this meteorological phenomenon moved to the northeast this Saturday, according to authorities.
arkansas
in arkansas a devastating tornado left at least five dead, he said at a press conference Sarah Huckabee Sanders, governor of this rural state in the American South. Little Rockers (photo)its capital, woke up this Saturday with a gloomy panorama of Overturned cars, huge trees uprooted from the ground, broken phone lines and wrecked houses, reported the AFP news agency.
The mayor of Little Rock, Frank Scott Jr., said that “close to 30 individuals were transported to our local hospitals.” The northeastern city of Wynne is “cut in two by damage from east to west,” Mayor Jennifer Hobbs told CNN. Meanwhile, Huckabee Sanders yesterday declared a general state of emergency in Arkansas and mobilized the National Guard, after speaking with the president Joe Biden.
Mississippi and Alabama
Mississippi Risk Management Services also reported one dead, several injured in Pontotoc County, south of Memphis. Besides, an elderly person passed away in Alabama when a tornado hit their home, authorities said. Huntsville. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a tornado and strong storm warning in the northeast of the country, particularly in Ohio, while in Illinois, in the central-eastern part of the country, severe storms also left behind and damaged.
illinois and indiana
On the night from Friday to Saturday, the disaster reached the city of Belvidere, Illinois, when a powerful storm caused the roof and part of the facade of the Apollo Theater to collapse, in the middle of a concert by a heavy metal band. Belvidere Fire Chief, shawn schadleconfirmed one person dead and 28 injured in the incidentof which five with serious injuries.
In the neighboring state of Indiana, it was confirmed the death of three people after a storm swept through Sullivan County, authorities indicated, quoted by local media. In turn, more than 200,000 homes were still without electricity this Saturday in Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas and Illinois, according to the website poweroutage.us.
Tornadoes are common in the United States, especially in the center and south of the country. A week ago, a tornado that ripped through Mississippi killed 25 people and caused extensive property damage, and in December 2021 about 80 people were killed by tornadoes in Kentucky.