The threat of violent tornadoes in parts of the US proved deadly as well as destructive as whipping winds moved east into the Mississippi Valley and Deep South on Saturday, with at least 16 people killed and scores of homes decimated. The most fatalities as of Saturday morning were in Missouri, reports the AP, with 10 people killed. The Missouri State Highway Patrol also reported that multiple people were injured. The deaths included a man who was killed after a tornado ripped apart his home. "It was unrecognizable as a home. Just a debris field," said Coroner Jim Akers of Butler County. "The floor was upside down. We were walking on walls." Rescuers managed to save a woman in the home, Akers said.
Violent tornadoes that ripped through parts of the U.S. proved deadly as well as destructive as whipping winds moved east into the Mississippi Valley and Deep South on Saturday, with at least 17 people killed and scores of homes decimated. The most fatalities as of Saturday morning were in Missouri, authorities said, which was pounded by scattered twisters overnight that resulted in at least 11 deaths. The Missouri State Highway Patrol also reported that multiple people were injured. The deaths included a man who was killed after a tornado ripped apart his home.
At least 17 people have died in several states as apocalyptic storms caused tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms across huge swaths of the country. More than a dozen of the deaths were reported in Missouri as deadly tornadoes tore through the Midwest on Friday evening, with at least three more people losing their lives in both Texas and Arkansas. Numerous more people are reportedly injured as huge storms flipped cars and destroyed homes, as hurricane-strength winds unleashed severe thunderstorms, whipped up deadly dust storms and fanned over 100 wildfires.
