The authorities of the US states of Misuri, Arkansas and Texas, in the west and south of the country, have confirmed At least 17 dead and 29 injured After a devastating series of tornadoes and hail storms that have shaken more than a dozen counties.
In Misuri, Wayne County has been the most affectedwith six deceased, followed by Ozark (three dead), Wayne and Jefferson, with one deceased each, as the state highway patrol police have known in their social network account X.
Police have found huge material damage In the area, “from fallen trees and electrical cables to damaged commercial and residential buildings.”
In Arkansas, three people have died for another series of night storms concentrated especially in Independence County, in the north of the State, where 29 injured have also been identified, according to the Arkansas Emergency Management Division (in addition).
The last three deceased have been identified in Texas by Traffic accidents due to storm. Two of those deaths occurred in two collisions in Parmer County, in the southwest of the state, and a third in the 40 interstatal of Gray, has made known the police spokeswoman, Sergeant Cindy Barkley, to the CNN chain.
The Evaluation of the effects of the storm is still ongoing and the authorities do not rule out the finding of more victims In the next few hours. Almost 270,000 clients are found without electricity due to storms, which will continue during the next hours with more tornadoes, large -power wind bursts and even large hail, according to the US National Meteorological Service.
At the moment, the governor of Arkansas, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, has declared this Saturday the Emergency state in the state After the devastation caused by the storms, a crisis situation that will last for the next two weeks, until March 29.
