At least four people were killed in a predawn tornado that touched down in southeastern Missouri early on Wednesday, and teams of first responders were combing destroyed homes and businesses for more victims.
The fatalities were reported in Bollinger County, where multiple local agencies were conducting search and recovery efforts, State Police Sergeant Clark Parrott told Reuters.Photographs on social media from Glen Allen, Missouri – a village about 177 km south of St. Louis – showed severely damaged houses with roofs sheared off, downed trees and power lines and debris covering roadways and yards.
Storm spotters reported the tornado touched down in the area at about 3:30 am local time , according to the National Weather Service.In Marble Hill, 5 km to the east of Glen Allen, Chris Huffman, 45, said he raced to his basement with his wife and two daughters after hearing tornado sirens and the power went out.
“It was startling,” he told Reuters in a phone interview from his sandwich shop Munchies, where he was preparing food for crews and those in need. “We heard the roar of everything. That’s how close it was.” Some 75 000 homes and businesses in the Midwest, Arkansas and Texas were without power as of midday on Wednesday, according to Poweroutage.us.
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