EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — One person was killed when a reported tornado ripped through an Arkansas nursing home, and emergency crews in the Edwardsville area are also responding to reports of injuries at an Amazon warehouse after a roof collapsed and some were possibly trapped.
At least one fatality was reported in Missouri as severe storms, some believed to be tornadoes, swept across the Midwest and parts of the South.
Craighead County, Arkansas, Judge Marvin Day says at least five others were injured and 20 people were trapped after the tornado struck the Monette Manor area. Officials had initially reported two fatalities at the nursing home.
In Marion County, the only immediate report of damage was some downed power lines in the 300 block of South Oak in Patoka in the area where National Weather Service Radar had indicated rotation and a possible tornado. The weather service also reported radar indicated tornadoes in the Shattuc and later near Kinmundy.
The storm has now moved out of the Marion County area and the tornado watch has been lifted.
