At least 24 people are dead across seven states and dozens have been hospitalized after a tornado outbreak moved across the U.S., according to local officials.
A family evacuates their Walnut Ridge neighborhood on March 31, 2023, in Little Rock, Arkansas.At least 24 people are dead across seven states and dozens have been hospitalized after a tornado outbreak moved across the U.S. on Friday and Saturday, according to local officials.
A woman is carried out of a fire station to an ambulance after a tornado tore through west Little Rock, Ark., on March 31, 2023.Kris French and his family search through rubble for a video recorder they think captured a direct tornado strike to their business, Champs Car Wash, after a tornado damaged hundreds of homes and building on March 31, 2023, in Little Rock, Arkansas.
A home is damaged and trees are down after a tornado swept through Little Rock, Ark., on March 31, 2023.A home is damaged and trees are down after a tornado swept through Little Rock, Ark., on March 31, 2023.Four people have been pronounced dead in Wynne, located roughly 50 miles west of Memphis, which took a direct hit from a tornado. Miles Kimble, the coroner of neighboring St. Francis County, who was assisting in Wynne, confirmed the death toll to ABC News.
"We had no idea that it would be this much damage that we're seeing right now at this point," Latricia Woodruff, a spokesperson for the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management, told ABC News Live Prime on Friday about the tornado activity in the state. "There's a lot of homes that have been damaged, other structures. We heard about a fire station here in Little Rock that had some damage to it, as well.
A tornado siren went off at 7:24 p.m. local time; at 7:47 p.m., there were reports of the roof collapse, according to Dan Zaccard, emergency management director for Boone County.
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