The authorities said that at least four people were killed when a severe weather was washed away, including two potential hurricanes, through St. Louis, Missouri, on Friday afternoon.
Mayor Kara Spencer announced deaths during a press conference. She said that two dead were killed in the northern city, and a vortex was reported.
Fire leader Dennis Jennsone said that the harsh weather reached about 20 square pieces of the city.
The authorities said that one of them reported a hurricane who reported the rooftops and the walls fell in Saint Louis, Missouri, on Friday, when the children were taken to hospital due to injuries and the man was the subject of a rescue operation.
Marshall in Hell, the national meteorologist, said that the hurricane was reported after 2:30 pm in the city near the Forest Park and move east towards Granite City, Illinois.
He said that his strength is unlikely to be known until Saturday when weather service monitors can reach the scene and measure damage, paths and other elements in a whirlpool.
NBC KSDK from St. Louis reported that it may have been one of two hurricanes that did not fall in the region on Friday. The national weather service confirmed that it is working to confirm another hurricane reported in the region.
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A spokesman for the St. Louis Children’s Hospital said he had received 10 patients with weather -related wounds, one of whom was in critical condition. Others were reported in a fair state. The spokesman said that the parents were reuniting with some patients at least late Friday afternoon.
KSDK reported a continuous operation to save a man in a house that was severely damaged in the city. The station said that it was more likely to be destroyed by one of the possible hurricanes or strong winds associated with harsh weather in the area on Friday.
KSDK said that the man had sought shelter at home and ended it inside, and perhaps in a store, after the weather, all of this destroyed the temple.
Saint Louis City officials and police have asked the public to stay on Friday, where they respond to the effects of the storm, including some reported but not confirmed injuries.
“There are” severe damages “of homes. A video of the damage showed the walls of bricks, the ends of the trees that were dropped and the energy lines in the area.
The nearby city of Clayton said that the city hall was closed because it coordinates a response to the harsh weather.
It seems that the worst in the weather has passed late in the afternoon, although federal forecasters said that the night of drought could follow the return of thunderstorms on Saturday.
The vortex was the product of a low -movement low pressure system heading north of its location on parts of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Missouri, which is an area under Tornado Watch until 10 pm
Winter -like storm is clashing with a heat wave to the southwest, resulting in unstable air and revolutions of thunderstorms.
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