Tornadoes leave devastation across Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa and Oklahoma, including theatre roof that collapsed during concert
, where four died in the small city of Wynne, as the storm destroyed homes and people trapped in the debris. The state’s governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said that the town – about 50 miles west of Memphis, Tennessee – saw “widespread damage” from a tornado.
In Mississippi’s Pontotoc county, one person died and four others were injured, according to the Mississippi emergency management agency. Late Friday in the town of Belvidere, about 70 miles north-west of Chicago, one person was killed and were 40 hurt, including two with life-threatening injuries, after the roof of the Apollo Theatre collapsed during a tornado there.
There were more confirmed twisters in Iowa and grass fires blazed in Oklahoma, where wind gusts of up to 60mph were recorded. In Oklahoma City, people were urged to evacuate their homes and troopers shut down portions of Interstate 35. Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock officials told KATV in the afternoon that 21 people had checked in there with tornado-caused injuries, including five in critical condition.
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