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by weather.com
Arkansas is under a state of emergency this morning after deadly storms rolled through the state Monday night.
Several people are dead and others are still missing in central Arkansas. Arkansas Department of Emergency Management spokesman Tommy Jackson says four people died Monday in the town of Vilonia, where an apparent tornado ripped through the area. As of late Monday, the fire chief said as many as 60 people were still missing. The search for survivors will resume Tuesday.
Dr. Greg Forbes, the Weather Channel's severe weather expert, detected the debris ball from the storm for 28 miles on radar.
In northwest Arkansas, emergency officials say a man and a woman died after floodwaters swept their car off the road in Madison County and another woman died after her car was swept off the road in Washington County. That woman's 11-year-old son survived.
An official from the Little Rock Air Force base in Jacksonville, Ark., says at least four houses were damaged from Monday night's storms but no one on the base was injured.
Base spokesman Bob Oldham said Monday that crews are going door-to-door to make sure everyone on the base is accounted for.
Oldham said crews also were assessing if there was any damage to any of the base's aircrafts. He said the task has become more difficult because the lights that usually illuminate the flight line are out so the crew is using flashlights.
Oldham said the base has several downed trees and some building debris.
The severe weather trapped people in their cars and homes in Pearcy, Ark.
More than 72,000 customers had lost power by Monday night.
by weather.com
Arkansas is under a state of emergency this morning after deadly storms rolled through the state Monday night.
Several people are dead and others are still missing in central Arkansas. Arkansas Department of Emergency Management spokesman Tommy Jackson says four people died Monday in the town of Vilonia, where an apparent tornado ripped through the area. As of late Monday, the fire chief said as many as 60 people were still missing. The search for survivors will resume Tuesday.
Dr. Greg Forbes, the Weather Channel's severe weather expert, detected the debris ball from the storm for 28 miles on radar.
In northwest Arkansas, emergency officials say a man and a woman died after floodwaters swept their car off the road in Madison County and another woman died after her car was swept off the road in Washington County. That woman's 11-year-old son survived.
An official from the Little Rock Air Force base in Jacksonville, Ark., says at least four houses were damaged from Monday night's storms but no one on the base was injured.
Base spokesman Bob Oldham said Monday that crews are going door-to-door to make sure everyone on the base is accounted for.
Oldham said crews also were assessing if there was any damage to any of the base's aircrafts. He said the task has become more difficult because the lights that usually illuminate the flight line are out so the crew is using flashlights.
Oldham said the base has several downed trees and some building debris.
The severe weather trapped people in their cars and homes in Pearcy, Ark.
More than 72,000 customers had lost power by Monday night.