as it heads east, leaving 18 dead and scores injured, according to officials and media reports.
Rain and winds were also expected in eastern Ohio and parts of West Virginia, according to the weather service. The blast of extreme spring weather swept much of the United States on Friday, menacing the nation’s midsection from Texas to the Great Lakes with thunderstorms and tornadoes. A uniformed U.S. Secret Service police officer talks to a person digging through debris as President Joe Biden approaches the area in Rolling Fork, Miss., Friday, March 31, 2023. The President traveled to Rolling Fork to survey the damage after a deadly tornado and severe storm moved through the area.Four of the Arkansas fatalities were reported in Wynne, about 160 km east of Little Rock, Cross County Coroner Eli Long said.
“Anything that Arkansas needs, they have assured us that those resources will be here and on the ground,” she said at a news conference. Concertgoer Gabrielle Lewellyn told WTVO television that people took refuge in the basement when the roof came crashing down.