2 people were killed after storm damaged a nursing home in Arkansas
A powerful storm raced across the central US late Friday, unleashing at least 19 tornadoes in five states and causing widespread damage, according to officials.
At least two deaths in Arkansas were attributed to the wave of tornadoes.One person was killed and several injured in Monette, Arkansas, after a tornado struck a nursing home, according to Craighead County Judge Marvin Day.Local officials had previously said two people died, but Day said the local coroner has since determined there was only one death. "Everyone has been taken out of the nursing home and is accounted for," the town's mayor Bob Blankenship said.
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