Four people died in structural collapses in Illinois during Friday's severe weather outbreak, bringing the total number of fatalities to 21, after devastating storms and tornadoes scraped the South and Midwest Friday into early Saturday.
Seven weather-related deaths were also earlier confirmed in McNairy County, Tennessee, as the threat of more severe weather loomed into Saturday afternoon.
In Pontotoc County, Mississippi, one person died and four others were injured, according to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. At last 2,100 residents in the pathway of the tornado were affected, he said. Neighborhoods and commercial businesses were flattened. About 100 miles east of Little Rock, the city of Wynne was "basically cut in half by damage from east to west," Mayor Jennifer Hobbs told CNN Friday evening.
Twenty-eight people were taken to hospitals because of the collapse, Belvidere Fire Chief Shawn Schadle said. "We got hit bad," Pirtle said speaking by phone from Florida, adding he was working with emergency officials remotely.In Sullivan, a city home to about 4,000 residents, multiple houses were severely damaged due to the storm, Mayor Clint Lamb said.
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