A tornado tore through the southern US state of Arkansas and killed three people on Friday, while severe storms further north in Illinois and Indiana left three dead, authorities said. ManilaBulletin
The Arkansas tornado whipped across the state in the afternoon, causing what Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders called "widespread damage."
In the evening, calamity struck Belvidere, Illinois, when severe weather caused the roof and part of the facade of the Apollo Theater to collapse while a heavy metal band played on stage inside. TV footage showed emergency personnel carrying out injured concert-goers on stretchers, while video posted on social media showed rubble -- some nearly waist-high -- on the floor of the concert venue, and a gaping hole in the roof.
Images posted on Twitter by WTHI showed downed telephone poles, crumbled homes and debris covering roads.The Arkansas tornado struck during the afternoon, steamrolling over parts of Little Rock.She said she drove to West Little Rock and got out of her car at a blocked intersection. Authorities in Pulaski County surrounding the state capital said it suffered "significant storm and tornado damage."The governor's office could not immediately confirm any casualties to AFP, but a local hospital told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper that it had already begun to receive patients, including "a few" in critical condition.
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