Multiple tornadoes have devastated several states across the US, with at least 30 people dead and nine states affected. Tennessee witnessed entire villages being wiped off the map. A state of emergency has been declared in Arkansas.

In Tennessee (USA), entire villages were devastated. Some have even been wiped off the map after the passage of violent hurricanes. Friday, March 31, when they saw the tornado coming in the distance, Maryssa and her husband had time to take refuge in their underground shelter, but they lost everything. “It’s surreal. We lived 44 years in this house. Everything we worked for, everything we paid for, it’s all gone“, she testifies.

30 victims identified

At least nine people have died in this state in the southeastern United States. They are in addition to the 21 victims identified in six other states in the south and center-east of the country. Since Friday, at least 31 tornadoes have traveled through nine states, according to the US weather services. The capital of Arkansas, Little Rock, was particularly hard hit. A state of emergency has been declared there.