Posted BY: Cristina Laila
A “catastrophic” tornado ripped through Little Rock, Arkansas on Friday.
More than 600 people are injured due to the tornado.
“Little Rock police are transporting people to hospitals as there aren’t enough ambulances to respond.” – according to the chief meteorologist for WOTV4.
From THV11 News in LIT: "UAMS officially declared a level 3 mass casualty event following the tornado. MEMS is estimating at least 600 injuries so far. Little Rock police are transporting people to hospitals as there aren't enough ambulances to respond.
— bill steffen (@bsteffen) March 31, 2023
A woman on the 7th floor of Medical Towers 1 in Little Rock captured the giant twister on video.
VIDEO:
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“Nearly 70,000 customers in Arkansas were out of power on Friday afternoon, according to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages; about 37,000 were without power in neighboring Oklahoma.” CBS News reported.
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) declared a state of emergency.
Here at the Capitol I just signed an executive order declaring that a State of Emergency exists in the State of Arkansas due to today’s severe weather. We will spare no resource to assist with response and recovery efforts for Arkansans impacted. pic.twitter.com/FsY47vOusn
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) March 31, 2023