![]() More than 109,000 customers had lost power in the state as of Friday night. In Illinois, Ben Wagner, chief radar operator for the Woodford County Emergency Management Agency, said hail broke windows on cars and buildings in the area of Roanoke, northeast of Peoria. People were urged to evacuate homes in far northeast Oklahoma City, and troopers shut down portions of Interstate 35. In neighboring Oklahoma, wind gusts of up to 60 mph (96 kph) fueled fast-moving grass fires. Nearly 90,000 customers in Arkansas lost power, according to, which tracks outages. Video from KCRG-TV showed toppled power poles and roofs ripped off an apartment building in the suburb of Coralville and significantly damaged homes in the city of Hills. One tornado veered just west of Iowa City, home to the University of Iowa. Tornadoes moved through parts of eastern Iowa, with sporadic damage. He said first responders also rescued someone from an elevator and had to grapple with downed power lines outside the theater. ![]() ![]() The venue’s Facebook page said the bands scheduled to perform were Morbid Angel, Crypta, Skeletal Remains and Revocation.īelvidere Fire Department Chief Shawn Schadle said 260 people were in the venue. The collapse occurred at the Apollo Theatre during a heavy metal concert in the town located about 70 miles (113 kilometers) northwest of Chicago. It said that an initial assessment was that a tornado had caused the damage. The Belvidere Police Department said the collapse occurred as a heavy storm rolled through the area and that calls began coming from the theater at 7:48 p.m. The town of Wynne in northeastern Arkansas was also devastated, and officials reported two dead there, along with destroyed homes and people trapped in the debris.Īuthorities said a theater roof collapsed during a tornado in Belvidere, Illinois, killing one person and injuring 28, five of them severely. The storm damaged homes and some residents were missing in the county seat of Sullivan, located near the Illinois state line about 95 miles (152 kilometers) southwest of Indianapolis.Īt least one person was killed and more than two dozen were hurt, some critically, in the Little Rock area, authorities said. The storm caused three deaths in Sullivan County, Indiana, Emergency Management Director Jim Pirtle said in an email to The Associated Press early Saturday. (AP) - A monster storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Friday, spawning deadly weather including tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centers in Arkansas, collapsed a theater roof during a heavy metal concert in Illinois and made a fatal sweep into rural Indiana.
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