At least 26 dead after tornadoes rake US Midwest, South

In USA, 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 and stunning people throughout the region Saturday with the damage’s scope. The dead included 9 in one Tennessee county, four in the small town of Wynne, Arkansas, three in Sullivan, Indiana, and four in Illinois. Other deaths from the storms that hit Friday night into Saturday were reported in Alabama and Mississippi, along with one near Little Rock, Arkansas, where city officials said more than 2,600 buildings were in a tornado’s path.

▶️ A driver managed to capture the moment a tornado swept over his vehicle in Little Rock, Arkansas, Friday.

Tornadoes Kill at Least 21 Across US Midwest and South https://t.co/fwNeqRfx1T pic.twitter.com/xGU0yWqtTs

— Voice of America (@VOANews) April 1, 2023

Stunned residents of Wynne, a community of about 8,000 people 80 kilometers west of Memphis, Tennessee, woke Saturday to find the high school's roof shredded and its windows blown out. Huge trees lay on the ground, their stumps reduced to nubs. Broken walls, windows and roofs pocked homes and businesses.

A large and extremely violent tornado in Sigourney, #Iowa just now.
As forecast, parts of the US are now seeing a severe tornado outbreak. Highly dangerous sitation unfolding.#iawx #tornadopic.twitter.com/lqpspCHLoJ

— MetWatch  (@MetWatchUK) March 31, 2023

Debris lay scattered inside the damaged shells of homes and strewn on lawns: clothing, insulation, roofing paper, toys, splintered furniture, a pickup truck with its windows shattered.

After yesterdays tornado outbreak in the US, North Chapel Hill TN took a hit by a tornado derailing five train cars sending debris from the train and from other nearby structures in to peoples home that live nearby. (photo credits: @chapelhillfire ) @ryanhallyall pic.twitter.com/XF0zJe7B9O

— Henson Cook (@hensoncook1) April 2, 2023

According to report, Several tornadoes touched down on Friday night across at least eight states, laying waste to homes and businesses and splintering trees, as part of a sprawling storm system that brought wildfires to the southern plains states and blizzard conditions to the upper Midwest.