Death toll rises to 26 after tornadoes and storms pummel South, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. More extreme weather is expected Tuesday.
In Illinois, thecollapsed while patrons were at a show inside, leaving one person dead and 40 injured. Three others died in the western part of the state, toward the Indiana border. A high school in Wynne, Ark., was eviscerated, with the artificial turf from the school’s football field hurled into a house 100 yards away. At least four people were killed in that state, according to LaTresha Woodruff, a spokeswoman for the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management.
Seven people were killed in Tennessee’s rural McNairy County, according to Mayor Larry Smith, who added that the area was hit by two back-to-back tornadoes. Those deaths incident brought the total number of known victims in the state to 10.
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