At least four people were killed and authorities were searching for people from the building to the building who were trapped or injured after severe storms, including a potential storm through St. Louis.
On Friday afternoon, the storms had broken the roofs from the buildings, brick bricks from siding and falling trees and power lines as residents were urged to take cover.
St. Louis’ mayor Cara Spencer confirmed the deaths at a media briefing.
Spencer said, “It’s really, really destructive,” he said, adding that the city is in the process of announcing an emergency.
The National Weather Service Radar indicated that the storm was touched between 2:30 pm to 2:30 pm in Klein, Missouri in the area of St. Louis. The St. Louis Zoo and the 1904 world festival and the Olympic Games, in the Jungle Park area, and this year at the 1904 world festival and the Olympic Games area, apparently touched by the storm.
At the Santinil Christian Church, William Polian, head of the St. Louis Fire Department Battalion, told the Associate Press that three people had to be rescued after some part of the church collapsed. One of these people died.
Stacey Clark said his mother -in -law passed away at the Patricia Pennetic Church. He described it as a very active volunteer of the church, which had many roles, including being part of the Quer.
The centennial Christian posted on his Facebook page, “Pray for our church.”
Jeffrey Simmons senior across the church, listened to an alert on his phone and then the lights came out.
“And the next thing you know, a lot of noise, sharp,” he said. He and his brother went to the basement. Later, he realized that it was worse than he thought: “Everything was torn.”
Traffic grid was also locked due to falling trees and stop lights during a Friday afternoon, and officials appealed to people to stay home if they were possible.
When the storm came, the upper stories of the Harlem tape room brick building were demolished, leaving a pile of bricks around the outside. According to St. Louis Post Dispatch, about 20 people were inside, but they entered the back of the building and none of them were hurt.
John Randall, a 19-year-old University of Missouri-Cent. Louis student said she and her girlfriend were in the St. Louis Art Museum during the storm and entered the basement with about 150 150 people.
He said that he could hear the branches of the trees and that while hitting the windows of the building, Ole and he reached the main gate for about 10 10 seconds.
“You can see the open doors, the branches of the trees flying and the people running,” he said. “Many people were caught outside.”
St. Louis Zoo spokesman Christie Childs said in a text that the zoo will be closed Saturday due to falling trees and other damage. Childs said all animals are safe and staff, guests or animals are not reported to be critical.
“We can’t say whether it was a storm or not – it was possible,” said Marshal Fahlor, a national seasonal service expert, said.
The storm was part of a severe weather system that gave rise to storms in Wisconsin, dropped trees, left thousands of people in the Great Leaks region without electricity, and punished the heat wave in Texas.
Apalachia and Midwest are at risk
Weather forecasters have warned that severe storms with potential storms, hail and even hurricane winds could crowded parts of Apalacia and Midwest on Friday.
Climate services have warned of an extraordinary storm around Marion, Illinois on Friday evening that a storm has been confirmed and is life -threatening. Reports of damage and injuries were not immediately known.
A warning of dust storms was issued around the Chicago area on Friday night. Seasonal services said that a wall of dust wall with 100 miles (161 km) line from southwest of Chicago to northwest of Chicago, which severely reduced the maritime.
The National Weather Service said residents of Kentucky, South Indiana, South Illinois, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas and Ohio should fight severe storms, which could include baseball -shaped hails.
The Weather Service Storm forecast center has said that “a strong, potentially long track storm and a very big haul” can be expected. The risk of damaging winds in more than 75 miles per hour will increase in Syria as storms grow in large groups.
Prior to Friday night’s expected storm, Apalachen Power, which served 1 million users in West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee, said on Friday that he requested 1,700 additional workers from neighboring utilization to help restore his staff from non -affected areas.
The Meteorologist at the National Weather Service Nash Will’s Office, Faith Borden, said on Friday that the middle Tennessee could “expect all kinds of severe weather. Winds have been up to 70 miles per hour. We are seriously talking up to 3 inches, which is the biggest one for us.”
Texas collided with heat wave
Texas, in the meantime, experienced heat. A heat advice was issued for San Antonio and Austin, with temperatures pending from 95 F (35 C) to 105 (40.5 C). From Virginia to Florida, parts of the southeast coast were fighting heat in the 90s.
The office of the National Climate Services Office for Austin/San Antonio said on Friday that the humidity coming to the weekend is expected to heat the temperature.
“There are heat -fat concerns for people who are not taking proper precautions at outside,” said Jason Ranin, a meteorologist. He advised the victims to take breaks and be hydrated.
Thursday night, storms as well as storm thunders, power exposure and powerful winds flowed into parts of Wisconsin, Illinois, northern Indiana and Michigan.
Several storms touched Thursday in Central Wisconsin. No one has received a rating yet, said Tamm Ahman, a meteorologist for national seasonal services in Green Bay.
“We are still collecting reports,” said Ahlman. “We are evaluating some losses and still receiving videos and photos. The loss we have has spread to a great extent. There was a great child here. Evo Claire had a report of soft ball -shaped hail. “
No one was reported injured.
Steven Fretag, a national seasonal services expert at the White Lake Township, northwest of Detroit, said Steven Fretag, who was undergoing Michigan’s loss on Friday, said.
The storm was fueled by temperature in the bottom of the 80s, which extends from Illinois to Michigan, and it was activated by a cold front.
By Friday evening, consumers in Michigan were slowly watching the power withdrawal, but without it, more than 200,000 remained. It is estimated that 60,000 were in Indiana without electricity. Illinois and Kentucky did not have a total of 27,000 electricity.
The risk of severe weather in Chicago delayed the Buenos concert for about two hours in Soldier Field on Thursday.
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The Associated Press writer in Washington Haya Panjwani and Hydera Holings Worth in Kansas City, Missouri participated in the story.
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