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at least 18 people are now known to have died, as storms and tornadoes ripped through the united states, causing vast devastation. hardest hit were tennessee, arkansas and indiana. in illinois, one person was killed when a theatre roof collapsed over people who were listening to a heavy metal band. the storms came a week after a tornado devastated a town in mississippi. sancha berg reports. dozens of storms and tornadoes left a trail of destruction. two of the fiercest touched down in the southern state of arkansas, tearing off roofs, bringing down power lines, sweeping through homes with incredible force. the volume of itjust seems rather intense and it was extremely dangerous. it came through a set of double doors and ploughed through my house. out of my front door, which had steel bars in front of it. several people have been killed, dozens injured, in this state alone. the governor declared a state of emergency. today has been a very hard day for the state of arkans ....
At least once every week for the last eight weeks. we continue to see waves after waves of these severe storms. in fact, we actually have another risk in this exact area for severe storms, including tornadoes here in just about four days. so we re used to this. we deal with this often, but to this magnitude, this is certainly something rather historic for little rock, for arkansas in the united states. yeah, i was going to say it is pretty unusual. this is tornado season, but these are extreme tornadoes, aren t they? just put it into context for us. we rarely see tornadoes this strong in arkansas. generally speaking, we have the weaker f0 ones, which are concerning, but rarely do they strengthen to the level of which they did yesterday. all of those perfect ingredients came together to support these strong tornadoes that once they touched the ground, they continued, causing destruction for 4 hours at a time. and honestly, that s one ....