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US storms kill at least seven
Updated On: 02 April, 2023 08:32 AM IST | Little Rock | Agencies
The deadly weather has resulted in tornadoes that destroyed homes, theatres and shopping centres; and another batch of intense storms expected on Tuesday
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A family evacuates their Walnut Ridge neighbourhood in Little Rock, Arkansas. Pic/AFP
A monster storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Friday, spawning deadly weather including tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centres in Arkansas, collapsed a theatre roof during a heavy metal concert in Illinois and made a fatal sweep into rural Indiana.
The storm caused three deaths in Sullivan County, Indiana, Emergency Management Director Jim Pirtle said on early Saturday. The storm damaged homes and some residents were missing in the county seat of Sullivan, located near the Illinois state line about 152 kilometres southwest of Indianapolis. At least one person was killed and more than two dozen were hurt, some critically, in the Little Rock area, authorities said. The town of Wynne in northeastern Arkansas was also devastated, and officials reported two dead there, along with destroyed homes and people trapped in the debris.
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