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Powerful Tornadoes Wreck Arkansas (VIDEO)
Timothy T. Jeffers
No known casualties were detected after a powerful tornado wreaked havoc on the Midwest on March 28, officials announced. The ongoing quarantine was a contributing factor since the local businesses were closed and people remained in social isolation.
However, at least 22 residents of Jonesboro, Arkansas were injured, with 2 hospitalized. The city was among the most affected areas with tornadoes turning cars upside down, destroying houses, shops and damaging the Mall at Turtle Creek. Governor Asa Hutchinson declared the situation a state disaster.
According to the Red Cross that assists with tornado relief, 209 houses in Northeast Arkansas received damage.
The EF1 and EF3 tornadoes, accompanied by thunder stretched over a vast territory including the states of Arkansas, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa.
EF1 and EF3 is the Enhanced Fujita scale category given to tornadoes with a speed of 86-110 and 136-165 miles per hour respectively
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Timothy is the Senior Editor for America Tonight with more than 20 years in media. Curiously enough, he started off within agricultural journalism (he's from Georgia, after all), but soon moved from articles about peaches to something more intense. He attended the University of Central Florida, receiving a bachelor's degree in Social Sciences and minoring in Crime, Law, and Deviance. At first he took a job as a traffic reporter (mostly to conquer his fear of heights, he claims), but after a month of relatively peaceful work was asked to cover a live police car chase. This was a game-changer: by the end of the same year he was leading the newsroom. Tim also loves to promise that he's quitting "next year", moving from New York to New Zealand and becoming a writer, but we don't believe him. He loves us too much. jeffers@americatonight.net
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