In central Illinois, authorities said five people were hurt and about 300 homes were without power due to a tornado that struck in Fulton County on Tuesday evening. At one point, the Storm Prediction Center said up to 40 million people were at risk in an area that included Chicago, Indianapolis, Detroit and Memphis, Tennessee. The storms moving through the Midwest and South had threatened some areas still reeling from the deadly bout of bad weather last weekend. Olson said 12 structures were destroyed and dozens more damaged. A large stuffed animal was lodged in the branch of a downed tree, and furniture, clothing and kitchenware were scattered in a field. Little was left of the trailer Wednesday beyond its concrete pads and an axle. Residents in the village of Glen Allen said at least some of the victims were members of a family who lived in a trailer along a state highway. Trees were uprooted, homes turned into piles of splinters, and one building was flipped on its side.įive people were killed and five were injured, State Highway Patrol Superintendent Eric Olson said at a news conference. Wednesday and moved through a rural area of Bollinger County, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of St. The Missouri tornado touched down around 3:30 a.m. Just last weekend, confirmed or suspected tornadoes in at least eight states laid waste to neighborhoods across a broad swath of the country. The storms have spawned dozens of tornadoes, mainly in the South and Midwest, that have killed at least 63 people. (AP) - A tornado ripped through southeastern Missouri before dawn on Wednesday, killing five people and causing widespread destruction as the third in a series of deadly massive storms over the past two weeks struck the nation’s heartland.įorecasters are keeping a wary eye out for more extreme weather as this year’s early severe storm season continues.
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