At least 30 dead after major storm unleashed more than 60 tornadoes across the South and Midwest: Couple’s bodies found inside their vehicle after tornado ‘flattened’ an Indiana campground
- Tornadoes in 11 states killed at least 30 people, destroyed homes and businesses
- The bodies of Brett Kincaid, 53, and Wendy Kincaid, 47, of Rossville, Indiana, were found at McCormick’s Creek State Park where they were camping
- Deaths also included three others in Indiana, nine in one Tennessee county, four in Illinois, and at least 13 in Tennessee, as well as Alabama and Mississippi
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
‘We’ve had emergency crews digging people out of their basements because the house is collapsed on top of them, but luckily they had that safe space to go to,’ Sheriff Bill Rutan said at a news conference.
That tornado was not far from where three people died in Indiana’s Sullivan County, about 95 miles southwest of Indianapolis.
Several people were rescued overnight, with reports of as many as 12 people injured.
‘I’m really, really shocked there isn´t more as far as human issues,’ said Sullivan Mayor Clint Lamb, adding that recovery ‘is going to be a very long process.’
The National Weather Service confirmed Sunday that a tornado was responsible for storm damage near Bridgeville, Delaware, where severe weather prompted warnings and damaged numerous homes and shut down roads.
One person was found dead inside a house heavily damaged by the storm Saturday night, Delaware State Police reported.
A car drives by destroyed aircrafts, hangar pieces, and debris at Robinson Municipal Airport
Tornadoes flattened parts of Illinois, including Robinson Municipal Airport
Earlier storms tore a path through the Arkansas capital, collapsing the roof of a packed concert venue in Illinois and stunning people throughout the region Saturday with the damage’s scope.
‘That means that there is now assistance from the federal government to support the incredible efforts that are already underway from the state and the local communities,’ FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said in Little Rock, Arkansas, after visiting some of the hardest hit areas.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders had already declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard. At least five people were killed in her state.
One wild video posted to Twitter shows a woman in Little Rock, Arkansas recording the incoming tornado as a man attempts to shut the door.
Just as they pull it shut, the tornado blasts in and pummels the building they’re in while the phone camera keeps rolling.
One wild video posted to Twitter shows a woman in Little Rock, Arkansas recording the incoming tornado as a man attempts to shut the door
Just as they pull it shut, the tornado blasts in and pummels the building they’re in while the phone camera keeps rolling
People search for salvageable parts near destroyed aircraft, hangar pieces, and other debris as they lay at Robinson Municipal Airport, two days after a tornado hit Palestine, Illinois, U.S
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.
Scenes of devastation were left in the path of the Tennessee tornado, which twisted trees, flattened homes into piles of wooden boards and ripped walls from still-standing structures.
‘The whole house, you can feel it shaking,’ said Janice Pieterick, whose house doors and glass windows blew out when the tornado swept through Lewis County.
‘We just all hunkered down.’
Tennessee officials warned that the same weather conditions from Friday night are expected to return Tuesday.
The storms struck just hours after Biden visited Rolling Fork, Mississippi, where tornadoes last week destroyed parts of town.
In a statement Sunday President Joe Biden said: ‘We are working closely with the state of Indiana and other impacted states as they assess damages, and stand ready to respond to any additional requests for Federal assistance.’
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