A score of people were trapped on Friday in a nursing home in northeastern Arkansas after it was struck by a tornado that killed two people and injured five, media said, citing a county official.
The tornado that hit the nursing home in the city of Monette was among a string of tornadoes in the region, including one in the nearby town of Truman, according to the channel KAIT, an affiliate of broadcaster NBC in Jonesboro.Linda Knapp, a certified nursing assistant who was working at the Monette Manor nursing home as one of a devastating swarm of tornadoes ripped through six U.S. states destroyed the complex, pauses while viewing damage in Monette, Arkansas, U.S. December 11, 2021.
There were reports that a nursing home in Truman was also damaged, with fire and rescue teams heading for the area, it added.
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