Before and after photos show scale of tornado destruction in Kentucky, Illinois and Arkansas.
A rare December tornado outbreak across multiple states killed at least 74 people, with many more unaccounted for, on a path of destruction that nearly leveled entire towns.
One of the tornados managed to cross four states — Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky — in four hours, some people dubbing it a “Quad-State Tornado.” Communities like Mayfield, Kentucky, were almost entirely devastated, and thousands of people have been displaced. Satellite images from before and after the storm show the level of devastation in some of the worst-hit areas.Six people were killed in Edwardsville, Illinois, when an EF3 tornado touched down at an Amazon warehouse.
The storm destroyed part of the building the length of a football field, causing 40-foot-tall concrete walls to collapse inward on both sides, and the roof fell, Edwardsville Fire Chief James Whiteford said.Preliminary reviews of reports from Arkansas showed that three tornadoes touched down in the northeastern part of the state. Monette Manor Nursing Home in Monette was almost razed to the ground.
A survivor, Mark Saxton, said he looked outside Friday night after a third tornado warning unsettled him. It was then, he said, that he saw a tornado headed in his direction and he began to back up to a tornado-safe hallway.“Tiles and concrete started falling,” he said. Walls imploded. “Everyone started running, so I just dropped to the ground. I got in a fetal position, and the concrete slab fell on top of me.
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