\n a tree onto his car in Arkansas, 30 miles southwest of Little
\n Rock. State police told AP that there were \u201cconfirmed fatalities\u201d
\n in western Arkansas, possibly indicating that others had lost
\n their lives. At least nine other people were injured as the
\n tornadoes ripped through the region, damaging buildings,
\n uprooting trees and shattering windows. Two of the injuries were
\n attributed to a lightning strike.\n<\/p>\n
\n Downed power lines were scattered across Oklahoma and Arkansas,
\n storms brought rain and hail, and flooding remains a concern in
\n the neighboring states of Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois.\n<\/p>\n
\n One of the twisters ravaged a suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma, tearing
\n apart roofs and causing some damage to buildings. The
\n tornadoes brought further destruction to the Mid-west, but none
\n of them were as deadly or as destructive as the twister that
\n touched down with 200 mph winds in Moore last week, injuring
\n hundreds and leveling two elementary schools.
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\n But meteorologists report that more dangerous weather is on its \n \u201cThe atmosphere will become extremely unstable this afternoon, \n Supercell thunderstorms, also known as rotating thunderstorms, \n Tornadoes are no rare sight in the Mid-west; the US averages more \n As the Mid-west continues to clean up the damage left behind by
\n way, and that baseball-sized hail and tornadoes will continue to
\n ravage the region throughout Friday<\/span>.\n<\/p>\n
\n especially in Oklahoma, while winds in the atmosphere will be
\n favorable for organized severe storms, including a few supercell
\n thunderstorms,\u201d<\/i> the National Weather Service announced in an
\n advisory.\n<\/p>\n
\n are responsible for generating the deadliest tornadoes, as well
\n as large hail and strong winds. \u00a0Oklahoma City, Tulsa,
\n Joplin, and Springfield, Missouri, are all in the predicted path
\n of Friday\u2019s storm system. In 2011, Joplin was struck by the
\n second-deadliest tornado in recorded US history. In the US,
\n supercell storms are usually formed when cold, dry air from
\n Canada meets warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and hot, dry
\n air from the deserts in the West.\n<\/p>\n
\n than 1,200 tornadoes a year, with Oklahoma and Alabama
\n experiencing the strongest of the storms. Since 1950, those two
\n states have been struck by seven EF5 tornadoes each. And more
\n than half of all tornadoes have occurred in Alabama, Iowa,
\n Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, AP reports.\n<\/p>\n
\n the May 20 twister, residents are continuing to take shelter to
\n avoid the latest storm system that is once again ravaging the
\n region.\n<\/p>\n