The death toll from the violent storms that hit the United States, yesterday (Friday), rose to 18, including 7 people in the southern state of Tennessee.
"Severe storm-related deaths have been recorded in McNairy County," said Maggie Hannan, a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Disaster Management Agency, after earlier announcing 11 deaths in the storm-hit states.
And Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders announced, (Friday), that the state had suffered severe damage after a tornado hit the North Little Rock area, injuring at least 600 people.
And CBS reported: The impact of the hurricane occurred in the central part of the state, including the most populous city of Arkansas – Little Rock – and its suburbs, and information has not yet been provided about the seriousness of the condition of the victims.
The city's governor declared a state of emergency in the state and deployed the National Guard to help contain the fallout from the disaster.
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