At least 600 injured after massive tornado strikes the US - 15 million under alert watch
Local media has said more ambulances are needed in response to the "catastrophic" tornado.
Tornado filmed in Little rock in Arkansas
At least 600 people are injured after a massive tornado tore through the US. Video shows the terrifying twister laying waste to areas of Little Rock, Arkansas where more than 70,000 are without power.
Authorities estimate at least 600 residents are injured in the city after two tornadoes struck at 3.40pm local time.
The weather pattern reached "mass casualty" strength (level 3), flipping cars and destroying businesses in the area.
A total of 15 million residents living between southern Arkansas and northern Iowa are under alerts.
"There will be lots of thunderstorms...tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail," warned Northern Illinois meteorology professor and tornado expert Victor Gensini.
Mark Hulsey, a special projects manager for Pulaski County, which includes Little Rock, said at least one person is in a critical condition.
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More than 350,000 people are at risk from what the US National Weather Service describes as a “confirmed large and destructive tornado”.
Little Rock resident Niki Scott took cover in the bathroom after her husband called to say a tornado was heading her way. She could hear glass shattering as the tornado roared past and emerged to find her house was one of the few not crushed by a tree.
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"It’s just like everyone says. It got really quiet, then it got really loud," Scott said afterwards, as chainsaws roared and sirens blared in the area.
Little Rock is just 150 miles from Rolling Fork, Mississippi where tornadoes hit last week. Dozens of twisters moved through Mississippi and parts of Alabama, taking out towns and leaving at least 25 dead.
The conditions are similar, according to professor Gensini.
Meteorologists have urged the public to create a stockpile of emergency supplies to prepare for power outages, and avoid getting stranded in places where they are vulnerable to falling trees and severe hail.