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Major incidents included heavy damage to an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, where two people are confirmed dead and dozens of workers were reportedly trapped inside the building, and the destruction of a nursing home in Arkansas, where at least two people were killed and five were hurt, according to reports.Social media offered live updates from the affected areas as well as issuing warnings to those further up the storm track:Illinois
The Amazon collapse - just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis - was being called a "mass casualty incident" by local emergency responders. At least 30 people were bused away from the scene to be reunited with family, officials said.
As many as 50 to 100 employees were believed to be inside the building, FOX 2 of St. Louis reported.
Police received word of the collapse around 8:30 p.m., police told FOX 2 early Saturday. Officials said the emergency response was expected to continue far into Saturday morning.
Missouri
In St. Charles County, Missouri, to the west of St. Louis, at least one person was killed and three injured when a tornado struck in the town of Defiance, according to FOX 2.
Arkansas
In Craighead County, Arkanas, emergency responders were dealing with a tragedy at the Monette Manor Nursing Home in Monette, FOX 16 of Little Rock reported.
At least 20 people were initially trapped inside the building after a suspected tornado struck, the report said. The damage left at least two people dead and five hurt, the report said.
The nursing home's roof was ripped off and other buildings in town also were damaged, according to FOX 16.
Survivors were being directed to a local church to reunite with loved ones, the station reported.
Another fatality was reported at a Dollar General store in Leachville, according to The Weather Channel.
Kentucky
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear warned the commonwealth's residents Saturday that the tornado death toll there will exceed 70 after a candle factory in Mayfield with around 110 people inside was flattened.
He said a single tornado ripped across the state for more than 200 miles.
Earlier, the governor declared a state of emergency after major tornado damage was reported in the western part of the state.
Beshear called it the "most devastating tornado event in our state's history."
"It is indescribable," he continued. "The level of devastation is unlike anything I have ever seen."
"Loss of life is expected," in western Kentucky, the Kentucky State Police wrote on Twitter.
Southwest Kentucky saw "twin tornadoes" strike around 2:20 a.m. near Bowling Green, WDRB reported.
"People that weren't even official first responders been up all night trying to help their friends and neighbors and family," Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., told "Fox & Friends Weekend." "Just a devastating thing to go through the community and just something that you hope you never have to witness."
In Madisonville, Kentucky, a freight-train derailment was reported shortly after midnight, related to severe weather. No injuries were immediately reported, a spokeswoman for rail company CSX Corp. told Fox News.
Tennessee
At least two people were confirmed dead in Obion County, Tennessee, after dangerous storms tore through the area, FOX 17 of Nashville reported. No details were immediately available on how the deaths occurred.
Yes steven!2024 is about the 4 big planets saturn,jupiter,uranus and jupiter forming a cross opposite the sun and affecting our earth's eliptical orbit by 13% away from the sun so reducing solar radiation
Venus/Pluto conjunction happening at present. Pluto clears up permanently.
LindaMay Sagittarius is my sign. Hmm....the future looks exciting, that's for sure. And I thought the Covid hoax was already getting too boring.The Great Reset, the Covid hoax (i.e the government response, not the fact that a common cold version is going around), the neo-marxist identity politics attack on Western civilization and the climate change power grab are all parts of an effort to centralize power in the West to stand stronger against the more "assertively led" China and Russia. Because "catastrophic climate change 2030" is happening... just not in the form of global warming.
HVACTech we had bad storms last night...Good thoughts for you and yours. Tornadoes are otherworldly scary things.
I Live in Arkansas. (the 'w' is silent)Hey dude. OK, I'm gonna walk into this one but here I go. WTF? Is that some local joke? It sounds like it has huge funny potential. I'm just (as usual) lost.
they blew up one of the launch towers and almost blew us sideways off of our boards.
You are clairvoyant.. as RC n Buffalo Ken.I'm reading that as "Yeah, right. As much as RC & BK. . " and it's pitch perfect. (I'm surprised you didn't throw in C83, Anima or HVAC. )
I'm happy to say I'm cuter than that. I would say that I look like a short Brad Pitt/Mel Gibson hybrid, but then I'd be . . . unseemly bragging. . .
Gnostic · about 24 hours ago
LindaMay Miss Linda what do you see Sept 23 2026 if I may ask?
Thank You
Buffalo_Ken 🥳🙏😻Yo LIndaMay I'm taking a trip back in time today, and after perusing this thread, I just felt compelled to tell you that I pulled 4 Green Acre cabbage heads out of the ground today! I mean this morning - June 13, 2022 in Fries, VA. Four nice looking cabbage heads and all the worms seem to be removed and they have been washed. So, my wife, said she wants to make a batch of slaw with one of the heads. The other three will all be used to make sauerkraut in a jar for safe keeping! Thank-you for planting the idea of dirt-farmer cabbage growing.....I have learned so much and now some of the fruits (so-to-speak) are beginning to emerge. You should see the tomato and pepper plants especially.....the lettuce from seed directly in the garden did tremendously. I love getting my hands dirty in the soil.
A daily cup.... take any cabbage.
Health is sexy🏁
Earth's atmosphere is becoming increasingly energised, time for folk to start making adaptive measures a priority.