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UNISYS GOES East water vapor satellite. (click title to entry - thank you).I believe that brings a total of 4 dead so far this year?
Officials: 3 dead, 25 hurt in Arkansas tornadoes
© 2010 The Associated Press
April 30, 2010, 11:48PM
CLINTON, Ark. — Tornadoes ripping through central Arkansas on Friday killed at least three people, injured 25 others and destroyed several homes, authorities said.
The deaths were reported in Van Buren County — about 75 miles north of Little Rock — where three mobile homes were destroyed, according to state Department of Emergency Management spokeswoman Renee Preslar. Further details weren't immediately released.
Teams also were looking for people in a damaged home in nearby Center Ridge, Preslar said.
"There are people possibly trapped there," she said. "Search and rescue is going in for a possible missing person."
Tornado sightings were reported just a few miles north in Culpepper, according to Arkansas State Police. A sheriff's dispatcher said a sighting also was reported in the Oakland area, near the Missouri border.
Trees and power lines were down along interstates in both areas.
This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, April 30, 2010 at 1:45 PM EDT shows a line of clouds from the Southern Plains through the Upper Midwest associated with a low pressure system that is producing areas of heavy rain, thunderstorms, and some severe weather. The potential for tornadoes will persist into the evening. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)
