Tornado and serious storm batsman St. Louis at least 4 dead, Mayor says world news

ST Louis – At least four people died and the authorities even built construction for those who were trapped or hurt after serious storms, including a possible tornado through St. Louis. The storms provoked the roofs from the buildings on Friday afternoon, ripped the bricks from the siding and dropped the trees and electric lines as the residents were urged to take the cover. St. Louis Mayor Kara Spencer confirmed the deaths in a media briefing. “It is actually, really disastrous,” the Spencer said, saying that the city was in the process of declaring an emergency. The National Weather Service Radar indicated that Clayton in St. Touched a tornado between 2:30 pm and 2:50 pm in Missouri. Luis region. The clear tornado touched the house of the St. Louis Zoo in the area of ​​Forest Park and the 1904 World Fair and Olympic Games site. At the Central Christian Church in the city of the Battalion of the St. Louis Fire Department, William Polyhan told the Associated Press that three people were to be rescued after part of the church. One of them died. “Pray for our church,” Centennial Christian posted on his Facebook page. Jeffrey Simmons Senior, who was across the road from the church, heard an alert on his phone and then the light went out. “And the next thing you know, very noise, heavy air,” he said. He and his brother went to the basement. Later, he realized that it was much worse than what he thought: “Everything was.” Stacey Clarke said that her mother -in -law Petricia Penelton died in the church. He described him as a very active church volunteer, who had several roles, including being part of the singers. The trees and stop lights below also caused traffic gridlock during Friday afternoon, and the authorities urged people to avoid driving if possible. St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said in a social media post, “If you do not need to travel, please stay at home.” The upper stories of the Harlem Tepoom brick building were demolished when the storm came through the storm, leaving a pile of bricks around the outside. St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that about 20 people were inside, but they were nervous from the back of the building and none of them were hurt. John Randle, a 19-year-old university of Missouri-Sent Luis student, said he and his girlfriend were in the St. Louis Art Museum during the storm and entered the basement with about 150 others. He said that they could listen to the branches of the tree and hit the windows of the building and he went into a flight of stairs at the main entrance for about 10 seconds. “You can see that the doors are flying open, tree branches are flying and people are walking,” he said. “Many people were caught outside.” Christie Children, a spokesman at the St. Louis Zoo, said in a lesson that the zoo would remain closed due to closed trees and other damage on Saturday. Children said that all animals were safe and had no reports of significant injuries to employees, guests or animals. “We certainly cannot say whether it was a tornado or not – it was likely,” said the meteorologist of the National Weather Service, Marshal Pafler. Radar confirmed a tornado over Venice, Illinois on Friday afternoon. Venice is in the north -east of St. Louis, across the Mississippi River. The storms were part of a serious weather system, which gave birth to tornado in Wisconsin, dropped the trees, left thousands of people without electricity in the Great Lex region and brought a punishment wave of a punishment to Texas. The danger weather forecasts faced the face of Appalachia and Midwest warned that serious storms with hailstorm and even storm-blow winds can hobby on the Appalachia and parts of the midwests on Friday. The tornado was also a risk there. In Illinois, the weather service issued a warning of dust storm around the Chicago region on Friday night. It said that a wall of dust expanded from south-west of Chicago to northern Indiana with a line of 100 miles (161 km), which severely reduced visibility. The National Meteorological Service stated that in parts of Kentki, Southern Indiana, Southern Illinois, Tennessi, Missouri, Arkansas and Ohio, residents should brace for acute storms that can include baseball -shaped hail. The Storm Prediction Center of Weather Service said that “strong, potentially long track tornado and very large hail” could be expected. The risk of damage to the winds of more than 75 mph per hour will increase this evening as the storms grow in large groups. Next to Friday night’s anticipated storm, Appalachian Power, which serves 1 million customers in West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee, said on Friday that he requested to send his own crew from unaffected areas to help in the restoration of service to the restoration of 1,700 additional workers from neighboring utilities. A meteorologist at the National Weather Service Nashville Office, Fahe Borden said on Friday that the middle Tennessy “can expect all types of serious weather. Winds up to 70 mph. Meanwhile, Texas faced heat from the heat wave Texas. A heat consultant for San Antonio and Austin was released, with a banging 95F (35C) to 105 (40.5C) temperature. Parts of the southern east coast from Virginia to Florida fought with heat in the 90s. The National Weather Service Office for Austin/San Antonio said on Friday that the weekend humidity is expected to make the temperature feel hot. Meteorologist Jason Roonan said, “There is a concern for those who are not taking proper precautions when they are out.” He advised the affected people to take brakes and stay hydrated. Overnight on Thursday, the storm along with the storm, electrical performance and powerful winds flow from Wisconsin, Illinois, Northern Indiana and parts of Michigan – except for the scores of trees and thousands of houses without electricity. Several tornado touched on Thursday in mid -Wisconsin. Tim Ulman, a meteorologist at a national weather service in Green Bay, said that none of the twists have rated. “We are still collecting the report,” said Ulman. “We are assessing some disadvantages and still getting videos and pictures. The disadvantage we have. It was quite widespread. EO Claire had a report of softball -shaped hail.” No injuries have been reported. The survey was also going on in Michigan on Friday, to determine if a tornado touches down there, Steven Freetag said, a meteorologist with a national weather service at the White Lake Township in the North West of Detroit. Freetag stated that the storms were raised by temperatures at the bottom of the 80s, which were spread from Illinois to Michigan and became active by a cold front, pushed. Till Friday evening, customers in Michigan were slowly watching power returns, but remained over 200,000 without it. Estimated 60,000 were without electricity in Indiana. In total, there were no electricity in 27,000 Illinois and Kentki. The danger of severe weather in Chicago delayed a Beyoncé concert in the Soldier Field on Thursday for about two hours.