At least 11 people were killed by relentless tornadoes that tore through parts of the South and Midwest on Saturday. In addition, a heavy metal concert was disrupted in Illinois by the collapse of the roof of a packed theatre.
As part of a vast storm system that simultaneously brought wildfires to the southern Plains and blizzard conditions to the Upper Midwest, tornadoes touched down throughout the night, destroying homes and businesses and ripping bark and limbs from trees.
Cross County Coroner Eli Long informed KAIT-TV that four people from the rural Arkansas town of Wynne were among the dead. Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, and the Little Rock region also reported further deaths.
The community of Wynne, Tennessee, located around 80 kilometres (50 miles) west of Memphis, Tennessee, lacks power and has littered roadways, according to Wynne City Councilwoman Lisa Powell Carter.She said Friday night, "I'm in a panic trying to go home, but we can't get home.
"Wynne is completely destroyed. There are street-side trees and demolished houseOne person was killed and 28 people were injured, five of them seriously, when a tornado in Belvidere, Illinois caused the Apollo Theatre's roof to collapse while 260 people watched a heavy metal concert inside, according to officials.
"They pulled someone from the wreckage, and I sat with him, held his hand, and reassured him that everything would be alright.
I wasn't really sure what else to do, "said Lewelly According to the venue's Facebook page, Morbid Angel, Crypta, Skeleton Remains, and Revocation were the bands set to perform.
James Pirtle, the director of emergency management for Sullivan County, Indiana, confirmed in an email that three more individuals were killed by the storms there.
About 95 miles (150 kilometres) southwest of Indianapolis, in the county seat of Sullivan, which is close to the Illinois border, some persons were reported missing.
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