Large tornadoes destroy communities in the South and Midwest

The tornadoes that killed at least 26 killed and destroyed homes, buildings and a Kroger employee in Little Rock, Illinois, last week

The damaging weather across the South and Midwest comes after a severe tornado-spawning storm walloped the Southeast and killed at least 26 people and destroying much of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, just last week.

Two people were killed in Indiana by a storm Friday night that damaged homes and a volunteer fire department near Sullivan, a city about a 95-mile drive southwest of Indianapolis, State Police Sgt. Matt Ames said something.

In Arkansas, at least a dozen tornadoes were reported, including in the Little Rock area. There were so many tornadoes in the state that homes were almost leveled, and roads were covered with what used to be the roofs of buildings.

Preliminary information shows at least 22 tornadoes were reported in Illinois, eight in Iowa, four in Tennessee, five in Wisconsin and a couple in Mississippi.

William Williams, who told CNN he is an employee at a Kroger supermarket in Little Rock, said he was thankful to be alive as a tornado ripped through the area. He’d taken shelter inside the store, and went outside afterward to see people injured, including a woman he said had a severe leg injury.

Everything happened in a few seconds. It came – boom,” Williams told KATV. A lot of commotion and stuff could be heard. It is crazy when I go outside. People had blood all over their faces. I’m thankful I’m alive.

The Damage in Wynne, Illinois, Last Minutes After a Superfluid, Wind-Lasing Outburst

The city of Wynne was pretty much cut in half due to the damage that occurred east to west, according to the mayor.

In northern Illinois, more than 200 people were inside the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere for an event when its roof collapsed Friday night, leaving one person dead and dozens injured, the city fire chief said. The National Weather Service says there was a line of storms packing 50 mph winds and hail that moved through the area. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the storm caused the theater’s roof to crumble.

The Storm Prediction Center says that there is still a chance of tornadoes Saturday in southeastern Indiana, western Ohio and northern Kentucky. The area was under a tornado watch that warned of wind gusts up to 70 mph and large hail.

Fulton County Emergency Services and Disaster Agency posted on their Facebook page that large hail was dangerous because it cracked and damaged cars.

Many businesses in the area were destroyed, Sheriff Jack Campbell told CNN, while up to 40 homes were damaged by the storm around Sherman, just north of Springfield.

More than 350,000 customers in Indiana, Illinois and other states were without power as of Saturday morning, according to Poweroutage.us.

In Arkansas, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared a state of emergency, noting the state will “spare no resource” in responding and recovering from the storm and activated the state’s National Guard.

Broken Connections in Adamsville after a Tornado and Collision. More than 200 deaths and more than 22 deaths in McNairy County, Tennessee, and Arkansas

The Adamsville Police Department said on social media Saturday that the community suffered a lot of damage last night.

In the aftermath of a tornado, the police dept said that the city was “impassable”. Homes were battered, power lines were downed and search and rescue teams were deployed, according to police.

The Arkansas city of Little Rock suffered heavy damage but did not record any deaths on Saturday. Efforts are now focused on recovery and rebuilding, Mayor Frank Scott Jr. said.

About 260 people were at the venue to attend a heavy metal concert and calls about a collapse began to come in at 7:48 p.m. local time, Belvidere Fire Chief Shawn Schadle told the AP.

“Our worst fears became a reality earlier when we learned that members of our community have lost their lives,” Sullivan County Sheriff Jason Bobbitt said on Saturday morning.

At least one person has died and four others were injured in Pontotoc County in northern Mississippi due to severe weather, according to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.

At least 22 people were killed by tornadoes and ferocious storms in the South and Midwest on Sunday, as communities in the area picked up the pieces.

At least seven people died after two back-to-back lines of storms hit McNairy County, Tennessee, where authorities were searching through collapsed buildings Saturday evening.

In nearby McNairy County, where multiple deaths have been reported, sheriff Buck said the death toll could have been much higher if residents had not heeded early warnings and sought out proper shelter.

There are at least four deaths reported in Illinois, three deaths in Sullivan, Indiana and two deaths in Arkansas.

Over 30,000 customers have been affected by power out in Arkansas because of storms that have left trails of destruction across several states.

I don’t know how to write about it. It was devastating. It’s much different seeing it firsthand than it is when you see it on TV hit another communities,” Hobbs said.

Some houses in Wynne – home to about 8,000 residents – were completely crushed into piles of wood while others had their roofs ripped off, exposing the interiors of homes littered with storm debris, drone footage provided to CNN shows.

“We made her and the kids get into the bathtub because that’s supposed to be the safest place. And we just all hunkered down because all the doors blew out. All of the glass in the windows are double doors. It all blew out at the same time.

The power of Mother Nature is inconceivable, and had Mother Nature be willing to help us fight it,” he told the Neptune radio station

“Had they not, looking at the devastation that we had, our death toll could have been in the hundreds,” Buck said. “The power of mother nature is something not to be underestimated,” he added.