Guwahati: 32 people had died as a result of the catastrophic and deadly tornadoes that tore through the US South and Midwest, and that certain areas of the Southern Plains were preparing for another wave of extreme weather, reported CNN.
The hurricane that entered American homes on Friday has so far destroyed homes and businesses, torn roofs off of structures, shattered trees, and launched vehicles into the air.
One of these tornadoes split Wynne, Arkansas in half, killing four people and leaving a path of destruction that stretched from the city’s western to its eastern limits, according to Mayor Jennifer Hobbs, who said on CNN on Sunday, “We’re just going to need all the help that we can (get) to help these families recover.”
Several casualties were reported in Arkansas, Indiana, and Tennessee, where the statewide death toll as a result of the tornado grew to 15 on Sunday, according to officials. Deaths were confirmed throughout a number of states.
According to a news statement from the Memphis Police Department, three of the fatalities occurred in Memphis, where two children and one adult were discovered dead after police responded to complaints about trees that had fallen on houses.
Friday afternoon, following reports of many tornadoes in Arkansas, the governor issued a state of emergency after hearing that two people had died in Wynne and one person had died in North Little Rock. A state of emergency was also proclaimed in Missouri in reaction to the extreme weather, according to CNN.
According to the fire chief, Shawn Schadle, 260 people were inside a theatre in Belvidere when the roof collapsed on Friday night in northern Illinois, leaving one person dead and 28 others hospitalised.
According to Sgt. Matt Ames of the Indiana State Police, a tornado that touched down in Sullivan Country, Indiana, about 150 miles to the east of Sherman, also claimed the lives of three people.
The National Weather Service received reports of tornadoes in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Mississippi, as well as in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, and Tennessee. According to the National Weather Service, tornado warnings were still in effect for sections of Georgia and Alabama as the storm system travelled east early on Saturday.
Most of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, which had estimated maximum winds of 170 mph overnight, was levelled by a tornado, which puts individuals most susceptible to significant damages.
US President Joe Biden on Friday went to Rolling Fork, Mississippi, which had been the hardest damaged by last week’s tornadoes. 13 people were killed by tornadoes in Rolling Fork and the nearby Sharkey County, which also had homes and businesses devastated.