Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed at least 26 people in small towns and big cities across the South and Midwest
, tearing a path through the Arkansas capital, collapsing the roof of a packed concert venue in Illinois andConfirmed or suspected tornadoes in at least eight states destroyed homes and businesses, splintered trees and laid waste to neighborhoods across a broad swath of the country. The dead included at least nine in one Tennessee county, four in the small town of Wynne, Arkansas, three in Sullivan, Indiana, and four in Illinois.
Ashley Macmillan said she, her husband and their children huddled with their dogs in a small bathroom as a tornado passed, “praying and saying goodbye to each other, because we thought we were dead.” A falling tree seriously damaged their home, but they were unhurt. “The majority of the damage has been done to homes and residential areas,” said David Leckner, the mayor of Adamsville.
In Memphis, police spokesman Christopher Williams said via email late Saturday that there were three deaths believed to be weather-related: two children and an adult who died when a tree fell on a house. The man was dead by the time emergency workers arrived. Officials said 40 others were hurt, including two with life-threatening injuries.
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