At least 26 people were killed by the storms, which tore through the US South and Midwest over the weekend. On Sunday, the regions are still picking up the remains. In the meantime, more strong storms are expected to hit the Southern Plains later today. With unparalleled devastation, over 50 tornadoes tore through several regions in seven states, crushing homes and businesses, obliterating buildings, and dispersing cars. Numerous fatalities have been recorded in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Indiana. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has reported two additional deaths at a campground in Owen County’s McCormick’s Creek State Park.
Four individuals have died as a result of the tornadoes in Wynne, Arkansas. The community is “basically cut in half” and located 50 miles or so west of the state’s border with Tennessee, according to mayor Jennifer Hobbs.
Arkansas, has been “basically cut in half by damage from east to west
Mayor Hobbs recounted what it was like to see the tornado up close as it approached the town.
Wynne, Arkansas, has been “basically cut in half by damage from east to west,” Hobbs said. “I don’t know how to put it into words. It was devastating. It’s much different seeing it firsthand than it is when you see it on TV hit other communities,” she added.
About 8,000 people are living in the community. According to CNN, which cited drone footage of the area, the majority of the homes here have been totally reduced to woody debris piles, and other homes have had their roofs torn off.
“We have a lot of families that are completely devastated. Have no home at all, no belongings survived,” the mayor added.
A high school football field’s grass was torn off by the storm’s immense force.
At least nine individuals died in McNairy County, Tennessee, as a result of two successive lines of storms that struck the area. Sheriff Guy Buck told CNN that the storm “crossed our county completely from one side to the other.”