ATLANTA, March 15 (Reuters) â At least 13 people were killed in Arkansas and Missouri as a series of tornadoes hit the U.S. Midwest and Southeast overnight, raking a path of destruction that was still being assessed on Saturday, police said.
Twenty-six tornadoes were reported but not confirmed to have touched down late on Friday night and early on Saturday as a low-pressure system drove powerful thunderstorms across parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi and Missouri, said David Roth, a meteorologist at the National Weather Serviceâs Weather Prediction Center.
âToday there is a high risk for more tornadoes across Alabama and Mississippi. The chance is 30%,â he said. âThatâs pretty significant.â