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Tornado slams Little Rock, Arkansas; widespread damage reported

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A tornado raced through Little Rock and surrounding areas Friday, splintering homes, overturning vehicles and tossing trees and debris on roadways as people raced for shelter.

The city’s main trauma center said it was expecting at least 15 to 20 patients.There were two more confirmed twisters in Iowa, damaging hail fell in Illinois and wind-whipped grass fires blazed in Oklahoma, part of a massive storm system threatening a broad swath of the country home to some 85 million people in the South and Midwest.The Little Rock tornado tore first through neighborhoods in the western part of the city, and shredded a small shopping center that included a Kroger grocery store.

It then crossed the Arkansas River into North Little Rock and surrounding cities, where widespread damage was reported to homes, businesses and vehicles.The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Center in Little Rock was operating at a mass casualty level, spokesperson Leslie Taylor said.

Several people had already been transported to the medical center, but an exact count was not immediately available.Mark Hulsey, a special projects manager for Pulaski County, which includes Little Rock, said at least one person was in critical condition.Resident Niki Scott took cover in the bathroom after her husband called to say a tornado was headed her way.

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