Tornado hits US town
Tornadoes killed at least six people in an Illinois town and three more in Missouri as powerful storms ripped through the Midwest, obliterating homes, churches and businesses across six states, authorities said on Wednesday.
A storm temporarily closed the famous entertainment strip in the music city of Branson, Missouri, where country music and other performers draw thousands of people a day to shows. The hardest hit community appeared to be Harrisburg, Illinois, where television images from the town of 10,000 showed collapsed buildings and overturned trucks, with mattresses and other debris caught in tree branches. The governors of Illinois, Missouri and Kansas declared emergencies.
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon said there was "widespread damage in several communities," including in the tourist mecca Branson.
A storm temporarily closed the famous entertainment strip in the music city of Branson, Missouri, where country music and other performers draw thousands of people a day to shows. The hardest hit community appeared to be Harrisburg, Illinois, where television images from the town of 10,000 showed collapsed buildings and overturned trucks, with mattresses and other debris caught in tree branches. The governors of Illinois, Missouri and Kansas declared emergencies.
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon said there was "widespread damage in several communities," including in the tourist mecca Branson.
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