Arkansas temperatures this week will continue in the near triple-digits, with the heat index soaring around 110, due to a "heat dome" expanding across the Southern part of the country.
Lt. Col. Jason Smedley, commandant of the Arkansas Military and First Responders Academy, said Friday he believes it will take the entire community to make sure children get the right education.
By Brendan O’Brien and Steve Gorman
(Reuters) -A fierce tornado blasted through Little Rock, Arkansas, and adjacent towns on Friday, ripping away roofs and walls from many buildings, flipping over vehicles, and leaving at least two dozen people hospitalized.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital, the region’s only major trauma center, declared a level-1 mass casualty alert after the tornado struck Little Rock, the state’s capital and most populous city, at mid-afternoon.
No deaths were reported from the twister, spawned by one of a number of thunderstorms sweeping a vast swath of the U.S. heartland as part of a much larger expanse of extreme spring weather.
“At this time, we know of 24 people who have been hospitalized at Little Rock hospitals and we are not aware of any fatalities in Little Rock,” Mayor Frank Scott Jr. said on Twitter.
He said property damage was “extensive,” though the full scale of devastation remained unc