{{A tornado system ripped through the central US and left at least 12 dead in a violent start to this year’s storm season, officials said.}}<\/p>\n
Matt DeCample, a spokesperson for Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe, said 11 in his state were killed Sunday when a tornado carved through several Little Rock suburbs. <\/p>\n
A separate tornado from the same storm system killed one person in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n
The large tornado outside Little Rock, Arkansas, stayed on the ground as it moved north-eastward for at least 48km.<\/p>\n
Emergency workers and volunteers went door-to-door to look for victims. Law enforcement officers checked the damaged and toppled 18-wheelers, cars and trucks on a stretch of Interstate 40, a major thoroughfare in and out of the state’s capital.<\/p>\n
“It turned pitch black,” said Mark Ausbrooks, who was at his parents’ home when the storm arrived. “I ran and got pillows to put over our heads and … all hell broke loose.”<\/p>\n
“My parents’ home, it’s gone completely,” he said.<\/p>\n
Tornadoes also touched down in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas, where dozens of homes in Baxter Springs were destroyed. <\/p>\n
Twenty-five people were injured and one person died, but it wasn’t clear if the death was related to the storm, said Kari West, a spokeswoman for the Southeast Kansas Incident Management Team.<\/p>\n
Forecasters had warned for days that violent weather would strike over the weekend.<\/p>\n
In Arkansas, Pulaski County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Carl Minden said three people were killed when a tornado destroyed a home west of Little Rock. Minden said several others were injured at the scene.<\/p>\n
“I’m standing on the foundation of the house now. It’s totally gone,” Minden told media.<\/p>\n
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