Post by ncboman on Apr 3, 2006 5:56:47 GMT -5
Storms kill at least 18
Twelve killed in northwestern Tennessee
CNN) -- High winds and twisters tore through the Midwest and South on Sunday, killing 18 people, including 15 in northwestern Tennessee.
Twelve people were killed in Dyer County, Tennessee, Sheriff Jeffrey Holt said.
"Numerous homes" were destroyed amid widespread property damage when a tornado swept through the area on Sunday night, Tennessee Emergency Management spokesman Kurt Pickering said.
Three other people died nearby in Gibson County, Pickering said.
The storms, which rumbled through Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky and Illinois, claimed three other lives.
Straight-line winds -- not a twister -- toppled a mobile home in Essex, Missouri, killing 42-year-old man, Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner said.
In Fairview Heights, Illinois, a man was killed when high winds flattened a clothing store, police said. That city is near St. Louis, Missouri.
A man was killed when a tree fell on him during a heavy storm near Ballwin in St. Louis County, Missouri, a county police spokesman told CNN.
In Carutherville, Missouri, heavy damage to homes and businesses has been reported, but no deaths.
Several people have been rescued after being trapped in their homes but others were still trapped early Monday, according to a dispatcher with the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Department.
The town's power was out and officials expected it would not be restored for several days, he said.
Tornadoes left heavy damage along a path that began in northeast Arkansas and continued into southeast Missouri and northwest Tennessee.
Emergency officials sealed off Marmaduke, Arkansas, on Sunday evening as they worked to cope with tornado damage that the National Weather Service described as heavy.
In the southwest Kentucky city of Hopkinsville, "numerous homes" were destroyed, power lines were down and gas lines had erupted, the National Weather Service said.
A tornado touched down in Lewisburg, Kentucky, overturning cars and damaging buildings and homes, the weather service said.
Tornadoes in at least seven counties across central Illinois Sunday evening caused heavy damage in some communities, but no serious injuries or deaths have been reported, according to emergency officials and the National Weather Service.
A long front of severe weather stretched "pretty much from north to south" in Illinois, although the most powerful cell appeared to follow an eastward path along Interstate 72, according to Illinois Emergency Management spokeswoman Patti Thompson.
The town of Taylorville in Christian County, Illinois, received significant damage to dozens of homes and businesses, according to Taylorville Emergency Management Director George Michael Crews.
"We do not have any life safety concerns," Crews said, with only minor injuries reported.
The American Red Cross was on the scene helping residents find shelter for the night, he said.
The National Weather Service also reported tornado touchdowns in the Illinois counties of Champaign, McLean, Macon, Piatt, Sangamon and Kankakee. Initial damage reports in those counties were limited to utility poles and trees down, in addition to roof damage.
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Twelve killed in northwestern Tennessee
CNN) -- High winds and twisters tore through the Midwest and South on Sunday, killing 18 people, including 15 in northwestern Tennessee.
Twelve people were killed in Dyer County, Tennessee, Sheriff Jeffrey Holt said.
"Numerous homes" were destroyed amid widespread property damage when a tornado swept through the area on Sunday night, Tennessee Emergency Management spokesman Kurt Pickering said.
Three other people died nearby in Gibson County, Pickering said.
The storms, which rumbled through Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky and Illinois, claimed three other lives.
Straight-line winds -- not a twister -- toppled a mobile home in Essex, Missouri, killing 42-year-old man, Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner said.
In Fairview Heights, Illinois, a man was killed when high winds flattened a clothing store, police said. That city is near St. Louis, Missouri.
A man was killed when a tree fell on him during a heavy storm near Ballwin in St. Louis County, Missouri, a county police spokesman told CNN.
In Carutherville, Missouri, heavy damage to homes and businesses has been reported, but no deaths.
Several people have been rescued after being trapped in their homes but others were still trapped early Monday, according to a dispatcher with the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Department.
The town's power was out and officials expected it would not be restored for several days, he said.
Tornadoes left heavy damage along a path that began in northeast Arkansas and continued into southeast Missouri and northwest Tennessee.
Emergency officials sealed off Marmaduke, Arkansas, on Sunday evening as they worked to cope with tornado damage that the National Weather Service described as heavy.
In the southwest Kentucky city of Hopkinsville, "numerous homes" were destroyed, power lines were down and gas lines had erupted, the National Weather Service said.
A tornado touched down in Lewisburg, Kentucky, overturning cars and damaging buildings and homes, the weather service said.
Tornadoes in at least seven counties across central Illinois Sunday evening caused heavy damage in some communities, but no serious injuries or deaths have been reported, according to emergency officials and the National Weather Service.
A long front of severe weather stretched "pretty much from north to south" in Illinois, although the most powerful cell appeared to follow an eastward path along Interstate 72, according to Illinois Emergency Management spokeswoman Patti Thompson.
The town of Taylorville in Christian County, Illinois, received significant damage to dozens of homes and businesses, according to Taylorville Emergency Management Director George Michael Crews.
"We do not have any life safety concerns," Crews said, with only minor injuries reported.
The American Red Cross was on the scene helping residents find shelter for the night, he said.
The National Weather Service also reported tornado touchdowns in the Illinois counties of Champaign, McLean, Macon, Piatt, Sangamon and Kankakee. Initial damage reports in those counties were limited to utility poles and trees down, in addition to roof damage.
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