Powerful tornadoes and storms roared across multiple states Friday, leaving at least 11 people dead, dozens injured and entire neighborhoods destroyed. The path of destruction included parts of Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois and Tennessee.
The toll appeared to be highest in Arkansas, where officials in Pulaski County announced a confirmed fatality in North Little Rock. There were also four deaths in Wynne, Arkansas. At least 40 people were injured in the Little Rock area, and five of them were in critical condition.
One person was also killed when the roof collapsed at the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere, Illinois. Two others died in Illinois, and three deaths were confirmed in Indiana.
Dozens of homes have been wiped out, storefronts destroyed and vehicles, including semitrailers, tossed like toys.
The storms were part of an outbreak of severe thunderstorms that took aim at a wide area of the Midwest and South.