Tornadoes that tore through parts of the South and Midwest killed at least 11 people.
“We’ve had emergency crews digging people out of their basements because the house is collapsed on top of them, but luckily they had that safe space to go to,” Rutan said at a news conference.That tornado was not far from where three people were killed in Indiana's Sullivan County, about 95 miles southwest of Indianapolis.
In the Little Rock area, at least one person was killed and more than 50 were hurt, some critically, authorities said. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard to help local responders. Tornadoes also caused damage in eastern Iowa, and broke windows on cars and buildings northeast of Peoria, Illinois.
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