At least 30 dead after major storm system barreled through the South and Midwest trends now
At least 30 people are dead after powerful tornadoes ripped through parts of the Midwest and South over the weekend.
Confirmed or suspected tornadoes in 11 states destroyed homes and businesses, splintered trees and laid waste to neighborhoods on Friday night. It could take days to make a count of all the tornadoes from recent days.
Among the five dead in Indiana are Brett Kincaid, 53, and Wendy Kincaid, 47, from Rossville, Indiana, whose bodies were found at the McCormick's Creek State Park campground, where they had been camping, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
Thirteen deaths were reported in Tennessee, where an EF-2 tornado tore through several counties, according to the National Weather field office in Nashville.
The dead also included at least nine in one Tennessee county and four in Illinois. Other deaths from the storms that hit Friday night into Saturday were reported in Alabama and Mississippi.
Destroyed aircrafts, hangar pieces, and other debris lay at Robinson Municipal Airport, two days after a tornado hit Palestine, Illinois
There was severe damage in Little Rock, Arkansas. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders had already declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard where at least five people were killed
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Sunday traveled to Belvidere to visit the Apollo Theatre, which partially collapsed as about 260 people were attending a heavy metal concert. A 50-year-old man was pulled from the rubble; he later died.
The governor said 48 others were treated in hospitals, with five in critical condition.
WTHR reported that Brett and Wendy Kincaid, who were killed in their camper Friday night when the storm hit McCormick's Creek State Park campground in Owen County, had been avid campers.
Their bodies were found on Saturday, according to Indiana conservation officers who said the storms devastated the area, specifically the campground, which remains closed.
Gov. Pritzker planned to travel later to Crawford County, about 230 miles south of Chicago, where three people were killed and eight injured when a tornado hit around New Hebron.
Men inspect a tornado damaged car in Adamsville, Tennessee on Sunday, April 2, 2023
Pieces of a hangar are seen wrapped around a tree at Robinson Municipal Airport, two days after a tornado hit Palestine, Illinois
Regan Millmeyer sits in front of her tornado damaged home in Adamsville, Tennessee
Tennessee, one of the hardest-hit states since the storms began Friday, initially had seven weather-related fatalities. But this rose to 12 after police reported three new deaths Sunday, saying two children and an adult were killed Saturday when a tree fell on a house in Memphis
Mike Garcia looks over his tornado damaged house with a friend in Adamsville, Tenn. on Saturday, April 1, 2023
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