The National Weather Service also reported that tornado activity had destroyed several homes and downed trees in and around Little Rock. The person filming could be heard gasping at the massive swirling twister as it came ever-closer.Ī man, who appeared unaware of the vortex, was filmed standing on the roof of another building as the powerful tornado - which reportedly reached level 3 or 'mass casualty' strength - travelled towards him.Īnother video in the wake of the massive system revealed debris scattered in the streets of Little Rock, which is just three-hours north west of Rolling Fork, where deadly storms hit last week.Īerial footage posted by The Weather Channel showed a heavily damaged area of the city spanning several blocks with numerous homes missing roofs and walls, some of them collapsed, and overturned vehicles littering streets.
There were two more confirmed twisters in Iowa, damaging hail fell in Illinois and wind-whipped grass fires blazed in Oklahoma, part of a massive storm system threatening a broad swath of the country that is home to some 85 million people in the South and Midwest. The storms came just a week after more than two dozen deadly twisters tore through Mississippi and parts of Alabama killing at least 26.įootage of the ferocious weather system was filmed from the 7th floor of the Little Rock Baptist Medical Center. 'We're operating in red status, with all hands on deck,' said Aaron Gilkey, spokesperson for the Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services (MEMS) agency. heartland as part of a much larger expanse of extreme spring weather. The twister was spawned by one of a numerous violent thunderstorms raking a vast swath of the U.S. In Belvidere Illinois, twenty-eight people were injured and one was killed after high winds caused a roof to collapse on concertgoers gathered to see heavy metal band Morbid Angel.
Roofs and walls were ripped away from many buildings, while trees were uprooted, and vehicles flipped over.
The tornadoes have splintered homes and flattened entire neighborhoods, overturned vehicles and tossed trees and debris onto roads as people raced for shelter. On Friday evening, a local area hospital reported treating at least 21 patients with 5 in critical condition, all victims of the tornado that touched down in the Little Rock area. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital, the state's only major trauma center, declared a level-1 mass casualty alert after the tornado struck Little Rock. Three people have been killed after tornadoes touched down in states across the Midwest including Arkansas, Illinois, Tennessee and Iowa.
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