Ferocious storms and tornadoes devastated communities across the American South and Midwest, while parts of the Southern Plains braced for their own round of severe weather.
The death toll rose to 32 Sunday after a batch ofdevastated communities across the American South and Midwest, while parts of the Southern Plains braced for their own round of severe weather.
Deaths have been confirmed across a wide swath of states, with multiple victims reported in Arkansas, Indiana and Tennessee, where the statewide death toll rose to 15 Sunday, officials said. Three of the deaths were in Memphis: Two children and one adult were found dead after police responded to calls about trees that had fallen on homes, the Memphis Police Department said in a news release.
Among the other deaths were four people killed in Illinois, including one person who died after the roof of thecollapsed Friday while more than 200 people were gathered for a heavy metal concert, injuring more than two dozen others, according to the city’s fire chief. Three more people were reported dead in Crawford County, Illinois, in the collapse of a residential structure, according to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
Both the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field Airport issued ground stops as severe weather rolled into Texas, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Flights were temporarily grounded, the FAA said. Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected across central to northeast Texas between 2 and 11 p.m. CT, the Storm Prediction Center said. Hail the size of golf balls and damaging wind gusts of up to 70 mph could also pose a threat.In addition to leaving trails of destruction, storms have also knocked out power to battered communities.
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