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04-28-2014, 08:38 AM
Aerial Drone Footage Shows Extent of Central U.S. Tornado Destruction
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A massive tornado tore through the central U.S. on Sunday evening, leaving at least six people dead (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/27/storms-tornadoes-hail-weather/8300961/), scores injured and entire neighborhoods flattened
The damage in Arkansas is reportedly "widespread," a spokesman for the state's gover**r tells CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/27/us/severe-weather/), with multiple reports of injuries in the towns of Mayflower and Vilonia.
See also: Dangerous Multi-State Tornado Outbreak **w Underway (http://mashable.com/2014/04/27/weather-outbreak-tornadoes/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
"I can't even get down the main street down to the middle of town," Vilonia Mayor James Firestone tells CNN. "I am trying to make my way through the downed trees and power lines. What I am seeing, it is a lot of damage. I've been listening to the rescue folks. They're saying people have to be extracted from vehicles. ... It looks pretty bad. From what I understand, there has been a subdivision that's been leveled." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/28/aerial-footage-tornado-damage/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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A massive tornado tore through the central U.S. on Sunday evening, leaving at least six people dead (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/27/storms-tornadoes-hail-weather/8300961/), scores injured and entire neighborhoods flattened
The damage in Arkansas is reportedly "widespread," a spokesman for the state's gover**r tells CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/27/us/severe-weather/), with multiple reports of injuries in the towns of Mayflower and Vilonia.
See also: Dangerous Multi-State Tornado Outbreak **w Underway (http://mashable.com/2014/04/27/weather-outbreak-tornadoes/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
"I can't even get down the main street down to the middle of town," Vilonia Mayor James Firestone tells CNN. "I am trying to make my way through the downed trees and power lines. What I am seeing, it is a lot of damage. I've been listening to the rescue folks. They're saying people have to be extracted from vehicles. ... It looks pretty bad. From what I understand, there has been a subdivision that's been leveled." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/28/aerial-footage-tornado-damage/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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