A predicted outbreak of strong storms and tornadoes swept through the central U.S. over the weekend and killed three including a young child.
A reported tornado hit Quapaw, Okla., destroyed a fire station and killed two on Sunday evening. The tornado of an unknown scale caused heavy damage to the north side of the small town near the Kansas and Missouri border, according to the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center.
The storm rotated into a tornado within minutes and provided little warning to residents, reported a Tulsa television station, KOTV. The storm damaged several homes, aerial footage shows, and at least five people were injured, the TV station reported.
The storms continue to move across the U.S. and have sparked additional reports of tornados in Baxter Spring, Kan., and Mayflower, Ark., where as of 9 p.m., a tornado was spotted on the ground north of Little Rock and has destroyed several houses in Faulkner County, a state building and a fast food restaurant, storm reports show.
The severe weather events will not be confirmed as tornadoes until a team of National Weather Service meteorologists visit the damage in the morning and determine the F-Scale, said Susan Cobb of NOAA to the Daily News on Sunday night.
The tornado in Quapaw, Oklal, made a mile-long path through the town and at five people were taken to a hospital with injuries, reports say.
Enlarge KOTV A reported tornado hit Quapaw, Okla., with a fury and killed at least two people on Sunday. The storm damaged several homes as well. Enlarge
There have been additional reports of suspected tornadoes making brief touchdowns in areas of Iowa and Nebraska, according to the Storm Prediction Center’s website, in addition to reports of hail and strong winds uprooting trees and blowing down power polls in Iowa and Illinois.
The storm system on Sunday is not to be confused with another series of storms that hit eastern North Carolina on Friday and claimed the life of a baby.
The child was critically injured during a storm that destroyed a century-old home in Edenton. The roof collapsed on the mother trying to shield the 11-month-old boy but she was hit by a wood stove and trapped by a support beam.
The mother’s screams were heard by rescuers who dug out the mother and her son, identified as Gavin Soto, but the child died at a hospital, reported WAVY-TV.
Orlin Wagner/AP The thunderstorms sent winds whipping through Baldwin City, Kan. on Sunday. The storms were expected to intensify through the evening as they traveled easterward.
Orlin Wagner/AP The strong winds from the fast moving thunderstorms tossed a travel trailer off the road near near Rich Hill, Mo. on Sunday.
Orlin Wagner/AP The winds have caused damaged to homes, trees, powerpoles and flags like the one captured in Baldwin City, Kan.
Orlin Wagner/AP Storm clouds like the one shown in Nevada, Mo. were spotted in several states where severe thunderstorm warnings were issued.
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“I understand the mother did everything she could to protect the baby,” said Gov. Pat McCrory as he toured the damage on Sunday.
“If you saw the house – it just fell on top of the family,” McCrory added.
Meteorologists expected the strong storms on Sunday to intensify during the evening and hit anywhere from the great plains to Missouri to Mississippi Valley.
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