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WASHINGTON – The death toll from a major storm system that has lashed the south-central and eastern US with devastating

Abuja (Sundiata Post) - The death toll from a major storm system that has lashed the south-central and eastern US with devastating winds and powerful tornadoes has risen to 18, with dozens of others injured, officials said Saturday. A spokesperson for the emergency management agency in Tennessee, one of the states hardest hit by storms…

Tornadoes have killed at least 18 people in the South and Midwest, including at a heavy metal concert in Illinois where the theater’s roof collapsed. Seven people were confirmed dead in Tennessee yesterday.

By Kanishka Singh and Ashraf Fahim WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A rock concert was in store on a Friday evening at the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere, Illinois...

A theater roof collapsed in Belvidere, Illinois, during a tornado. The storm system also brought wildfires to the southern Plains and Upper Midwest blizzards.

The National Weather Service on Saturday warned of thunderstorms moving across the eastern third of the United States, likely resulting in power outages and downed trees from winds with gusts over 60 mph

The majority of the damage has been done to homes and residential areas, said Adamsville mayor.

Confirmed or suspected tornadoes across 10 states killed at least 26 people, destroyed homes and businesses, splintered trees and laid waste to neighborhoods over a broad swath of the country.

(CTN News) - In Illinois, tornadoes destroyed a packed theater during a heavy metal concert, killing at least 11 people. Small towns.......

By ADRIAN SAINZ and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press WYNNE, Ark. (AP) — Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed at least 26 people in small towns and big cities across the South and Midwest, tearing a path through the Arkansas capital, collapsing the roof of a packed concert venue in Illinois and stunning people […]