Deadly tornadoes and violent storms tore through the South and Midwest on Thursday, killing at least six people in a “generational flooding” forecasted to continue to devastate the region in the days to come.
Violent winds and tornadoes killed at least six people when storms began late Wednesday night into early Thursday morning, with tornadoes in Arkansas launching debris nearly 5 miles above the ground.
A Tennessee man and his 16-year-old daughter were killed after a tornado tore through their modular home, according to the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office.
The storm has left half a million customers without power across nine states early Thursday, according to PowerOutage.us.
National Weather Service meteorologists warned of a “life-threatening, catastrophic, and potentially historic flash flood event” through Saturday, calling it an event that “happens once in a generation…
