- Massive tornadoes across have smashed through parts of Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Illinois and Tennessee
- In Arkansas, one person was killed at a nursing facility in Monette, according to KARK, and at least five injured, and one killed in Missouri
- In Illinois, an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville has partially collapsed, trapping people inside
- In Kentucky, the town of Mayfield has been devastated, with the courthouse – dating from 1888, renovated in 1990 – losing its roof and tower
- The wall of a candle factory in the town has collapsed, trapping people beneath the rubble
- ‘Please, y’all. Get us some help. We’re at the candle factory in Mayfield,’ said one woman on Facebook Live
- She said: ‘The wall is stuck on me. Nobody can get to us, y’all please. Pray for us. We were all in the safe shelter place, the whole building fell. We are stuck’
- Meteorologists said that the debris from Mayfield was flung 30,000 feet into the air, breaking records
- Observers said that the tornados could be EF5 – the highest scale on the Enhanced Fujita ranking
