A HOUSE IS DESTROYED FROM A TORNADO IN COVINGTON, TENN., ON SATURDAY.
Recovery efforts are beginning after at least 29 people were killed by possibly dozens of tornadoes that struck 11 states in the South and Midwest of the U.S.
The storms caused extensive damage to homes and businesses, with confirmed or suspected tornadoes tearing through Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi.
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell visited some of the hardest-hit areas.
- Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared an emergency and activated the National Guard.
- Utility crews restored power in some neighborhoods as residents and officials with chainsaws and bulldozers began the cleanup process.
- The storm system also brought wildfires to the southern Plains due to high winds.
- Authorities in Oklahoma reported nearly 100 wildfires Friday, resulting in at least 32 people being injured and more than 40 homes being destroyed.
- Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker visited the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere, which partially collapsed as about 260 people attended a heavy metal concert.
- Pritzker said 48 were treated in hospitals, with five in critical condition.
- He planned to travel later to Crawford County, about 230 miles south of Chicago, where the tornado killed three people.
The National Weather Service warned that the same weather conditions from Friday night are expected to return on Tuesday in Tennessee.
