A tornado is already an immense danger. But multiple tornadoes forming as night falls, it’s literally a disaster movie script. This is unfortunately what happened during the evening of last Friday.
Large Violent Tornado went across both interstates heading for Caruthersville, MO. #mowx #Tornado pic.twitter.com/boNZEWZJqs
Large Violent Tornado went across both interstates heading for Caruthersville, MO. Michael Gordon on Twitter: “Large Violent Tornado went across both interstates heading for Caruthersville, MO. #mowx #Tornado pic.twitter.com/boNZEWZJqs / Twitter” Michael Gordon on Twitter: “Large Violent Tornado went across both interstates heading for Caruthersville, MO. #mowx #Tornado pic.twitter.com/boNZEWZJqs / Twitter” Michael Gordon on Twitter: “Large Violent Tornado went across both interstates heading for Caruthersville, MO. #mowx #Tornado pic.twitter.com/boNZEWZJqs / Twitter”
— Michael Gordon (@WX_ManMike) Michael Gordon on Twitter: “Large Violent Tornado went across both interstates heading for Caruthersville, MO. #mowx #Tornado pic.twitter.com/boNZEWZJqs / Twitter”
Colossal damage and several deaths
Homes destroyed to their foundations, warehouses collapsing and even a train derailment…the tornadoes that hit the states of Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois wreaked havoc on their passage.
Brick homes blown apart by #tornado in Trumann, Arkansas. I couldn’t get any closer to a nearby nursing home with reported damage. Power lines are down everywhere, can hear and smell natural gas hissing nearby. There’s still lightning in the area as crews check every block. pic.twitter.com/71kdigFdqV
Brick homes blown apart by Bill Wadell on Twitter: “Brick homes blown apart by #tornado in Trumann, Arkansas. I couldn’t get any closer to a nearby nursing home with reported damage. Power lines are down everywhere, can hear and smell natural gas hissing nearby. There’s still lightning in the area as crews check every block. pic.twitter.com/71kdigFdqV / Twitter” in Trumann, Arkansas.
I couldn’t get any closer to a nearby nursing home with reported damage.
Power lines are down everywhere, can hear and smell natural gas hissing nearby.
There’s still lightning in the area as crews check every block. Bill Wadell on Twitter: “Brick homes blown apart by #tornado in Trumann, Arkansas. I couldn’t get any closer to a nearby nursing home with reported damage. Power lines are down everywhere, can hear and smell natural gas hissing nearby. There’s still lightning in the area as crews check every block. pic.twitter.com/71kdigFdqV / Twitter”
Hundreds of people also found themselves trapped in partially collapsed buildings as they tried to protect themselves.
The toll of injured and dead is still ongoing. So far, about ten tornado-related deaths have been reported. But according to what the governor of Kentucky indicated to the journal le New York Postthe death toll could reach 50 to 70 dead for the city of Mayfield, Kentucky alone!
Similarly, the number of injured could be in the hundreds or even thousands across the southern United States and the Midwest.
As of this writing, the strength of the tornadoes has yet to be confirmed. However, some observers suggest that the one that hit the town of Mayfield could be an EF-3 tornado.
Mayfield courthouse before and after the #tornado. pic.twitter.com/K5GgNKWxvp
Intel Stream on Twitter: “#Mayfield courthouse before and after the #tornado. pic.twitter.com/K5GgNKWxvp / Twitter” courthouse before and after the Intel Stream on Twitter: “#Mayfield courthouse before and after the #tornado. pic.twitter.com/K5GgNKWxvp / Twitter”. Intel Stream on Twitter: “#Mayfield courthouse before and after the #tornado. pic.twitter.com/K5GgNKWxvp / Twitter”
— Intel Stream (@IntelStream) Intel Stream on Twitter: “#Mayfield courthouse before and after the #tornado. pic.twitter.com/K5GgNKWxvp / Twitter”
Not at the end of their sentence…
The risk of severe thunderstorms will still persist for these areas and could even extend to southern Michigan and northern Ohio early Saturday.