Nearly 300,000 homes in eight US states were left without electricity. The most destruction was recorded in Arkansas.
A series of tornadoes and hurricanes hit the US state of Arkansas, killing at least three people and dozens hospitalized with injuries of varying severity. This was reported by CNN on Monday, April 1.
It is indicated that two people died in the city of Winne. Another victim was a resident of the city of North Little Rock. These settlements were seriously affected. Roofs have been torn off buildings in Winn, trees uprooted and roads blocked. According to local mayor Jennifer Hobbs, the city is “cut in half by the destruction from east to west.”
Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders has already declared a state of emergency.
The storm also affected other US states. Nearly 300,000 homes in Illinois, Arkansas, Indiana, Tennessee, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri and Michigan were left without electricity.
At the same time, according to the National Hurricane Prediction Center, the number of preliminary reports of tornadoes in the country on Friday reached 43. Of these, 16 in Illinois, 12 in Arkansas, 8 in Iowa, two more each in Wisconsin, Tennessee Mississippi.
Recall that a week ago in the young state of Mississippi there was a powerful tornado, the victims of which were more than two dozen people. Dozens more were injured.
And last year California was covered by a fiery tornado. Rescuers noted that they had not yet seen such a large-scale fire.
