Unrelenting tornadoes that tore through parts of the South and Midwest have killed at least 9 people.
“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," Lewellyn said.
In the Little Rock area, at least one person was killed and more than two dozen were hurt, some critically, authorities said. “It’s just like everyone says. It got really quiet, then it got really loud,” Scott said afterward, as chainsaws roared and sirens blared.Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders activated 100 members of the National Guard to help local authorities respond throughout the state.
Tornadoes also caused sporadic damage in eastern Iowa. One veered just west of Iowa City, home to the University of Iowa. Video from KCRG-TV showed toppled power poles and roofs ripped off an apartment building in the suburb of Coralville and damaged homes in the city of Hills.
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