A monster storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Friday, spawning deadly weather including tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centers, and a theater roof.
A monster storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Friday, spawning deadly weather including tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centers in Arkansas, collapsed a theater roof during a heavy metal concert in Illinois and made a fatal sweep into rural Indiana.
The collapse occurred at the Apollo Theatre during a heavy metal concert in the town located about 70 miles northwest of Chicago. The venue's Facebook page said the bands scheduled to perform were Morbid Angel, Crypta, Skeletal Remains and Revocation. “They dragged someone out from the rubble and I sat with him and I held his hand and I was ‘It’s going to be OK.’ I didn’t really know much else what to do.”
In the evening, officials in Pulaski County announced a confirmed fatality in North Little Rock but did not immediately give details. In Little Rock, resident Niki Scott took cover in the bathroom after her husband called to say a tornado was headed her way. She could hear glass shattering as the tornado roared past, and emerged afterward to find that her house was one of the few on her street that didn’t have a tree fall on it.
The governor at a briefing with Little Rock officials Friday night said it was possible the number of deaths could rise.
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