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The total number of fatalities has risen to 21, after devastating storms and tornadoes scraped US' South and Midwest on Friday into early Saturday.Seven weather-related deaths were also earlier confirmed in McNairy County, Tennessee, as the threat of more severe weather loomed into Saturday afternoon.
In Madison County, Alabama, one person died and five were injured overnight, officials said during a news conference Saturday morning. "Literally, in a matter of minutes, it went through the entire western portion of the city of Little Rock ... It just came out of nowhere."Neighborhoods and commercial businesses were flattened.
A woman collects belongings from a family members home after the roof was ripped off from a tornado on Oakview Drive in North Little Rock, Ark. Friday, March 31, 2023. A monster storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Friday, spawning tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centers, overturned vehicles and uprooted trees as people raced for shelter.
"We are still in triage mode," Hobbs said, adding that crews were trying to determine the severity of the damage and any potential injuries. An overnight tornado, which makes people most prone to extensive damages, leveled much of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, where estimated maximum winds of 274km/hr roared.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.
Meanwhile in Indiana, the storm ripped through Sullivan County, trapping a local official's wife inside their home until their son rescued her. Firefighters carry a woman out of her condo after her complex was damaged by a tornado, Friday, March 31, 2023 in Little Rock, Ark. A monster storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Friday, spawning tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centers, overturned vehicles and uprooted trees as people raced for shelterHouses in Sullivan, a city home to about 4,000 residents, multiple houses were severely damaged due to the storm, Mayor Clint Lamb said.
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