Mass accident events, which was declared as a midwest tornados, kill at least 27

At least 27 people died after a series of fatal tornados were torn through the middle west and middle Atlantic of the United States on Friday.

A heavy storm system that brewed over the region led to heavy thunderstorms, strong rainfall, hail and strong winds overnight. On Saturday morning, officials confirmed in Kentucky, Virginia and Missouri that dozens of people had been killed.

At least 18 people died in Kentucky and 10 others were hospitalized in a critical condition, said governor Andy Beshear. Nine people died in Laurel County alone, which the sheriff described as a “mass accident event”.

At least seven people died in Missouri and dozens of others were injured.

The authorities in Virginia said that at least two people were killed by falling trees.

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Tornados were also reported in Wisconsin, Ohio, New Jersey, Indiana and more.

On Saturday morning, officials published explanations in the states that mourn the loss of citizens and encourage those affected to use local resources.

“Kentucky, today we start with the difficult news that we have lost at least 14 of our people through the storms of the last night, but unfortunately this number is expected when we receive more information. Please pray for all of our families affected,” Besear wrote on X.

The mayor of St. Louis, Cara Spencer, confirmed that five people died in the city and described the losses as “really, really devastating”.

The city is currently explaining an emergency and an outcome lock overnight was used in the neighborhoods with the greatest damage in the neighborhoods.

The National Weather Service Radar stated that a tornado in Clayton, Missouri, ended up in the St. Louis area between 2:30 p.m. and 2:50 p.m. The apparent Tornado landed in the Forest Park area, where the St. Louis Zoo and the place of the World Mass and the 1904 Olympic Games were located in the same year.

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In the centennial Christian Church, William Pollihan, head of the fire brigade of the city of St. Louis, told the Associated Press that three people had to be saved after part of the church collapsed. One of these people died.

Stacy Clark said that his mother -in -law, Patricia Penelton, died in the church. He described her as a very active volunteer of the church that had many roles, including part of the choir.

On Friday afternoon, the commuting trees and the officers set up people to stay at home.

The upper stories of the brick building of the Harlem Taproom were demolished when the storm went through, and left bricks from the outside. About 20 people were inside, but they crowded in the back of the building and no one was injured, the St. Louis post-dispatch reported.

John Randle, a 19-year-old University of Missouri-St. Loui's student, said he and his girlfriend were in the St. Louis Art Museum during the storm and were glued into the basement with about 150 other people.

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They could hear tree branches and beat the windows of the building. Randle went stairs to the main entrance for about 10 seconds, he said.

“You could see how the doors open, tree branches fly by and people run,” he said. “Many people were caught outside.”

“We definitely can't say whether it was a tornado or not – it was probably,” said the meteorologist of the National Weather Service Marshall Pfahler.

Weather forecasts warned severe storms with possible tornados, hail and even hurricane winds could limp parts of Appalachia and the middle west on Friday.

The weather service warned on Friday evening of a rare tornado emergency around Marion, Illinois, and said that a tornado was confirmed and was life-threatening. Reports on damage and injuries were not immediately available.

The National Weather Service said that the residents of Kentucky, Süd-Indiana, Süd-Illinois, parts of Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas and Ohio should adapt to intensive storms that could include hail size.

The Associated Press contributed to this report