Stephen McClellan, director of emergency management in Cleveland, Arkansas, told weather.com Wednesday night that a 20-year-old woman died when a tree fell on a caravan in Rison, about 45 miles south of Little Rock. “When we arrived she was already dead on stage,” McClellan said. The incident happened around 4:40 p.m. CDT, when the area was under warning of a strong storm. McClellan said the tree fell on a caravan. Two other people were at home but escaped injury. He said there are many reports of fallen trees across the county. (FORECAST: Severe weather explosions with dangerous tornado, wind damage, high threat of hail in the south, midwest) Similar reports came from several areas around South Wednesday night, including uprooted trees and power lines near Mayfield, Kentucky, which was destroyed by a tornado in December. There were reports of a brick wall collapsing in Jonestown, Coahoma, Mississippi, about 65 miles southwest of Memphis, and an emergency manager in Desoto, Mississippi, said people were trapped in a house after a tree fell on Branive. , a suburb of Memphis. Multiple warnings for tornadoes and strong thunderstorms were issued throughout the area. More than 150,000 homes and businesses were left without power in Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky at about 9:45 p.m. CDT, according to poweroutage.us. Most of them were in Kentucky and Mississippi. The damage is shown on this screen shot from a video following thunderstorms in Jonestown, Mississippi, on Wednesday, April 13, 2020. (Live Storms Media) The storms are part of a severe weather epidemic sweeping across the state, including a tornado that injured at least 23 people Tuesday in downtown Texas. As of Monday, there have been hundreds of reports of tornadoes, hail or catastrophic winds in more than a dozen states. The storms have knocked down trees and power lines, uprooted house roofs and demolished buildings. More than 100,000 power outages were reported in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas on Wednesday afternoon as areas hit Tuesday continued to assess damage. (MORE: At least 23 injured by Texas tornado as catastrophic storms hit several states) Severe weather is on the hot side of Winter Storm Silas, which is snowing in states in the northern United States, causing schools to close and highways to close. The threat of tornadoes, catastrophic winds and hail continues in the east and south until Thursday. The storms began Monday night with at least one tornado north of Arkansas Little Rock and heavy hail in some areas. This is the fourth consecutive week of severe weather in parts of the United States. About 1,400 reports of tornadoes, strong winds or hail have been received by the National Weather Service in the other three severe cases since March 21. The main mission of the Weather Company is to report breaking news about the weather, the environment and the importance of science in our lives. This story does not necessarily represent the position of our parent company, IBM.
