At least three people are dead and dozens of others were hospitalized after a series of brutal tornadoes tore through multiple states in the South and Midwest Friday
, ripping homes to shreds and reducing neighborhoods to scattered debris as meteorologists warned the danger will continue into the night.
Earlier Friday, Wynne residents were reportedly trapped inside their homes after "significant damage" in the area, said Rebekah Magnus, with the state's emergency management division. Footage from the area showed the storm leveled entire blocks across the city, devastating a local high school, ripping buildings apart and leaving little to resemble the homes that hours ago stood there.
The latest round of severe weather comes a week after powerful storms pummeled the Southeast and killed at least 26 people. An overnight tornado also leveled nearly the entire community of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, where estimated maximum winds of 170 mph roared.The Storm Prediction Center issued a Level 5 out of 5 "high risk" for severe weather -- the highest risk level there is when it comes to severe storms -- for two regions.
"The danger remains high, especially across middle Tennessee, northern Alabama, northern Mississippi and northern Illinois," CNN Meteorologist Gene Norman said. "We're especially concerned about Nashville and Chicago. Whenever there are storms at night, it is more dangerous, and these storms are moving very quickly, leaving people little time to get to safety once they hear about a warning.
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