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Photos: Tornadoes' 'Mass Casualties' 'Utter, Sheer Devastation,' 'Worst Coming' 'Take Cover!'

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After 150 mph winds and at least 30 tornadoes, with one 800 meters wide, struck central Arkansas, survivors are left in shock, crying, trying to help each other, knowing the death toll of 18 will continue mounting as first responders dig through rubble. Survivors caught in the tragic chaos are attempting to warn each other about new tornadoes springing up that they see but that officials are not warning them about. 

 

The tornado outbreak has already left a path of over 100 miles of death and destruction unseen since the Yankees left men in their graves in the Civil War era. Residents are being told to be on guard for the worst later today and tomorrow as far away as the Carolinas.

 

Much of the hit region, including Oklahoma Nebraska Iowa Missouri and Arkansas, is plagued with fracking that has already been a silent killer there. [See: The Fracked Faulkner Cover-up: House Explosions, Suicides, MiscarriagesLethal chemicals would be leaking into the environment and placing survivors at an even greater risk from chemical exposure and possible explosions.  

Chaos, death, destruction as more tornadoes rip the region apart

 

An extremely large and violent tornado is moving across central Arkansas, CNN meteorologist says.

 

A dramatic video shows one family pulled from wreckage. (See here on ABC News)

 

Powerlines are downed, road blocks are up, phones and Internet access is off, so residents are cut from the rest of the world accept for some cell phones and eyewitness reporters.

 

“It’s chaos right now,” people are reporting.

“We are witnessing a TORNADO ON THE GROUND just north of Coal Hill, Arkansas!” tweeted a resident an hour ago at 10:54 AM CT along with the photo above. “It is NOT warned as of now! TAKE COVER!”  

 

The above photo is a house in Vernoica, Arkansas, all but destroyed. Vernoica is where U.S. officials have reported  a ’mass casualty’ situation.  The small town, home to about 4,000 people in central Arkansas is left with rescuers searching debris for survivors.

 

The above photo of Vernica was contributed today by a local there, Kelly Lincicome.

 

One death was reported near Vernoica in Mayflower, 35 kilometres north-west of state capital Little Rock, Pulaski County.  At least 45 homes were destroyed and a lumberyard was damaged at Mayflower, according to Will Elder, an alderman in the town of 2,300 people.

 

 

One tornado passed through the east side of Mayflower (the town shown in the photo above), tearing up trees, downing powerlines, and making it difficult for the emergency services to find stricken areas in the darkness.

 

“It’s extremely hazardous here right now,” Mr Elder said. “The powerlines are down, roads are blocked, and they will have to proceed with caution.”

A storm spotter in Mayflower reported an 800-metre-wide tornado crossing Interstate 40 about 7:30pm (local time), the National Weather Service said.

 

Three people were killed in western Pulaski County, according to the sheriff’s department.

Local TV footage has shown houses ripped off their foundations and cars on top of the rubble.

“Tonight, I walked around what was only hours earlier a thriving neighbourhood that is now gone,” said congressman Tim Griffin. ”An entire neighbourhood of 50 or so homes has been destroyed – many homes are completely gone except the foundation, and there is more devastation like this in other parts of Arkansas.”

 

 

The  above photo shows overhead aerial view of mass desctruction, courtesy of MBC News. At least 31 tornadoes ripped through the Plains and the South on Sunday, leaving at least 18 people dead.

 

“Tonight, I walked around what was only hours earlier a thriving neighbourhood that is now gone,” said congressman Tim Griffin said Sunday night.

 

“An entire neighbourhood of 50 or so homes has been destroyed – many homes are completely gone except the foundation, and there is more devastation like this in other parts of Arkansas.”

 

Forecasters are warning that the worst may be yet to come.

 

There has been no report yet about lethal fracking chemicals that would be leaking into the environment, placing survivors at an even greater risk. Dupré has been unable to reach community workers about this.

 



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    • paul brown

      It is time to hold the climate deniers and fossil fuel companies accountable. They must pay survivors and pay to convert to renewable energy. This is the doing of the Koch brothers, the oil, coal and gas companies, and the right-wing groups they foster, as well as politicians in their pockets.

      • Patriot4ever

        Oh really, and I guess George Soros is a savior of mankind! Give me a break you idiot…

        • paul brown

          Thanks for the insult, typical of climate deniers. I’ll be more courteous. George Soros is no hero. Grass roots climate activists are the heroes, as well as the climatologists who dedicate their lives to bringing us the critical information we need. Climate damage is all around us: droughts, vilent storms, floods, eroding coastlines. In the US and all over the world.
          There’s absolutely no reason to continue denying global warming, except to feed the fossil fuel companies and their cronies.

      • The Rift

        ‘Climate deniers’ You just prove what an idiot you are, guess you must be getting paid by the carbon tax scammers. You are the arrogant sock-puppet here. Climate change is the new word for Global warming, which was adequately disproven by many scientists internationally. Just look up ‘The Great Global warming hoax.’
        And what Mr Brown is saying between the lines is that Because WE do not fall for the party line, we should be eliminated !!! Because if the world believes the BS, then they can make more money, and pass even more laws.
        Paul, just go jump off a bridge. You disgrace of a human being, and a traitor to us all.

    • Beforeitscrap

      I don’t get why people move and live in areas that are in the way of tornados and then they cry on tv like they never had any idea it would happen… like really!?

      • CrowPie

        It’s akin to people who choose to operate a motor car even though they are aware they may one day be in a massive pile up. It’s no less traumatic, or devastating because they were aware of the risk.

        And since half of the U.S. is subject to tornados, well…..

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