A “catastrophic” tornado ripped through Little Rock, Arkansas on Friday.
More than 600 people were injured due to the tornado.
“Little Rock police are transporting people to hospitals because there aren’t enough ambulances to respond.” – According to the Chief Meteorologist for WOTV4.
From THV11 News in LIT: “UAMS has officially declared a Level 3 mass casualty incident after the tornado. MEMS estimates at least 600 injuries so far. Little Rock police are transporting people to hospitals because there aren’t enough ambulances to respond.
— Bill Steffen (@bsteffen) March 31, 2023
A woman captured the giant twister on video on the 7th floor of Medical Towers 1 in Little Rock.
Video:
Watch from Little Rock Baptist a while back! * Video 1 shot by Crystal Benton from the 7th floor of the Medical Tower. #arwx @NWSlittleRock @KATVToddYak @KATV James pic.twitter.com/zX2xHoSMvz
— Sean (@_spcanady) March 31, 2023
“About 70,000 customers in Arkansas were without power Friday afternoon, according to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages; about 37,000 people were without power in neighboring Oklahoma,” CBS News reported.
BREAKING: A Little Rock, Arkansas medical center said it was operating at a mass-casualty level after the tornado hit — reducing roofs to splinters, overturning vehicles and throwing debris onto roadways. https://t.co/lo7xGQkdXz pic.twitter.com/B4BnMkmkpa
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 31, 2023
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) declared a state of emergency.
Here at the Capitol I signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency in the state of Arkansas due to today’s severe weather. We will spare no resource to help affected Arkansans with response and recovery efforts. pic.twitter.com/FsY47vOusn
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) March 31, 2023
Significant damage occurred in central Arkansas. I am in constant communication with the AR State Police and @AR_Emergency Working with local law enforcement to assist anyone injured. Prayers to all who were and remain in the path of this storm.
Arkansans must…
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) March 31, 2023
A large tornado was spotted in Hedrick, Iowa on Friday.
🚨#breaking: The largest and most violent tornado confirmed is on the ground⁰⁰📌#Sigourney | #Iowa⁰⁰ The National Weather Service has issued a PDS Tornado Warning which means that a specified hazardous condition has been confirmed as a large and very violent tornado is over the ground… pic.twitter.com/QWQEUZrz7x
— RAWSALERTS (@rawsalerts) March 31, 2023
A storm chaser in Iowa captured a giant tornado on video:
A huge tornado. #IAWXA #wxtwitter @NWSDesMoines @NWSQuadCities pic.twitter.com/oVMGrx2sZl
— Hunter (@hunter_wx) March 31, 2023
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