Multi-State-Tornado disaster: Mo, Ky, VA met by fatal storms

On Friday, a fatal series of tornados swept across parts of the middle west, killed more than a dozen people in Missouri and Kentucky and left a trace of destruction by Illinois, Indiana and beyond.

At least seven people were killed in Missouri, and emergency team crews were still looking for buildings after the construction of survivors. Dozens of more people were injured, including several in a serious state. Laurel County, Kentucky, also reported on at least nine deaths when the storm had a hail, harmful winds and several tornadoes throughout the region.

A particularly destructive tornado – responsible for at least five deaths – became in Clayton, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, in Clayton, and, according to the National Weather service, quickly moved towards the north side of the city.

A woman was killed when the roof in the centennial Christian Church collapsed. William Pollihan, battalion chief of the city of St. Louis, said the Associated Press that two other people would have to be saved after part of the church collapsed.

When the Tornado crossed the Mississippi north of the city center through the Mississippi, reports on great damage, including the recordings of a building with torn roofs and trees, stole and blocked roads. Emergency officers reported at least one building that was hit by rubble, broken windows and numerous injuries, while videos that were published on social media showed trees that were displaced by the streets and vehicles covered by fallen branches.

The storm threat is not over yet. Storms are expected to continue in several countries.

The senior meteorologist Jonathan Erdman explains that this was only a phase of a longer event:

“Today's storms in the mid-mississippi Valley and in Ohio Valley form only a chapter of a dangerous severe storm saga, which will shift to the central and southern levels this weekend and at least until Tuesday.”

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Weather.com Lead Editor Jenn Jordan Researched how weather and climate weave through our daily life, leave our routines forms and permanent effects on our communities.