Violent tornadoes have swept parts of the U.S., wiping schools and collapsed semi-disconnected trailers in several states, part of a monster storm that has caused at least 26 people as the weather is expected to get worse late Saturday.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported an increase in the number of deaths in highway accumulation caused by a sandstorm in Sherman County on Friday. At least 50 cars are involved.
Missouri has more deaths than any other state because it has withstood the twist of at least 12 people killed. Death includes a man who was killed after a tornado tore his house apart.
“It’s a house,” said Jim Akers, a Butler County coroner. “The floor is upside down. We walked on the wall. Dakota Henderson said he and others rescued people trapped at home on Friday night and found five bodies scattered outside his aunt’s aunt’s home in Wayne County, Missouri.
“It was a very tough deal last night,” he said on Saturday. “It was really unsettling for the casualties of the people last night.” Henderson said they rescued his aunt from the bedroom, the only room standing in her home, and took her out of the window. They also performed a man with broken arms and legs.
Three people died in Independence County, and 29 people in eight counties were injured as the storm arrived, Arkansas officials said.
“We have a team that investigated the damage from the tornado last night and had first responders on the ground to assist,” Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on X.
She and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency. Kemp said he is preparing to issue a manifesto in the event of bad weather late Saturday.
Meanwhile, authorities said on Friday that three people were killed in a car accident in a sandstorm in Amarillo, Panhandle, Texas.
Extreme weather covers an area of ​​100 million people, and the death toll is a large-scale storm system that scatters winds across the country, triggering deadly sandstorms and emitting more than 100 wildfires.
Extreme weather conditions are expected to affect housing with a population of more than 100 million (100 million). From the Canadian border to Texas, wind gusts are predicted to be as high as 80 mph (130 kph), threatening snowstorms in the cold northern region of the north and risking wildfires in warmer and drier places to the south.
The National Weather Service began sending a blizzard warning to faraway parts of Minnesota and faraway parts of South Dakota from the early hours of Saturday. There is expected three to six inches (7.6 to 15.2 cm) of snow, up to one foot (30 cm).
A gust of wind speed of 60 mph (97 kph) will cause white conditions.
Some Oklahoma communities have ordered evacuation as more than 130 fires have been reported across the state. Nearly 300 houses were damaged or destroyed. Gov. Kevin Stitt said in a press conference on Saturday that about 266 square miles (689 square kilometers) burned in his state.
The state patrol said the wind was so strong that they overturned several trailers.
Experts say it is not uncommon to see such extreme weather in March.
Tornado hits storm
The Storm Prediction Center said that fast-moving storms could produce twists and hail on Saturday, but the biggest threat comes from winds nearby or above hurricane forces with gusts of 100 mph (160 kph).
A large number of tornadoes continued on Saturday. The Center said it travels through Panhandle in Alabama, western Georgia and Florida from the highest risk areas in eastern Louisiana and Mississippi.
Bailey Dillon, 24, and her fiancé Caleb Barnes, watched a massive tornado on the front porch of Tylertown, Mississippi, attacked an area near Paradise Ranch RV Park about half a mile (0.8 km).
They then drove to see if anyone needed help and recorded a video depicting broken trees, flat buildings and overturned vehicles.
“The amount of damage is disastrous,” Dillon said. “It’s a lot of cabins, RVs, campers just overturned – everything was destroyed.” Paradise Ranch reported on Facebook that all employees and guests were safe and responsible, but Dillon said the loss exceeded the range of the ranch itself.
“Houses and everything were destroyed,” she said. “Schools and buildings were completely gone.” Some images spread in extreme weather.
Tad Peters and his father, Richard Peters, heard a tornado sirens Friday night and saw other motorists flee from the park on the interstate to refuel in Rolla, Missouri.
“Wow, is this coming? Oh, it’s here. It’s here.” Tad Peters could say in the video. “Look at all the pieces. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh my god, we’re in trouble…” Then his father rolled up the truck window. The two headed to Indiana for weightlifting but decided to turn back to Norman, Oklahoma, about six hours away, where they encountered wildfires.
Wildfires elsewhere in the Southern Plains may spread rapidly in warm, dry weather and strong winds in Texas, Kansas, Missouri and New Mexico.
The Texas A&M University Forest Service said that in Roberts County northeast Amarillo, fires quickly went from less than a mile (about 2 square kilometers) to an estimated 32.8 square miles (85 square kilometers) of fires, and the Texas A&M University Forest Services on XX Crews said soldiers on X. Crews stopped progressing before Friday night.
It is about 60 miles (90 km) to the south, and before the afternoon halt, another fire grew to about 3.9 square miles (10 km) .
The strong winds also phased out electricity to more than 2 million homes and businesses in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, the website PowerOutage said.
