A fierce tornado blasted through Little Rock, Arkansas, on Friday, ripping away roofs and walls from many buildings, uprooting trees, flipping over vehicles and leaving hundreds of people injured, according to media reports.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences declared a mass-casualty event after a"catastrophic" tornado hit Little Rock on Friday, a CBS affiliate reported, adding hundreds of people were injured. FILE PHOTO
She told Reuters the center had so far received only one patient, but that other hospitals were taking patients as well. Video shot from a window in Little Rock's Baptist Health Medical Center and verified by Reuters showed a towering, swirling black column of air, moisture and dust plowing slowly through the landscape in the near distance.
Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. said on Twitter that he had asked Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders to mobilize National Guard troops to assist in the emergency response.
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