she talked about a large tornado which she said had caused significant damage and meanwhile, medical officials in that state arkansas have said they are bracing for casualties. the epicentre, if you like, seems to be in the capitol little rock, where this, we saw these very harrowing pictures, didn t we, of roofs of buildings having been torn off, trees uprooted, cars tossed around capital. in the last few minutes or so, the mayor of little rock frank scott, has tweeted to say that 24 people in that city have been taken to hospital but there was so far no reports of fatalities. but he did say that property damage is extensive and the rescue services were responding. and the rescue services were resnonding- and the rescue services were responding. yeah, and david, the us national responding. yeah, and david, the us national weather- responding. yeah, and david, i the us national weather service have warned of a high risk of tornadoes in several states,
governor, sarah huckabee sanders tweeted that she has activated the national guard there to help with the clean up operation. she said that this followed a large tornado which she said had caused significant damage, meanwhile, hospital officials in little rock and the surrounding area are said to be bracing themselves for the possibility of considerable number of casualties, possibly into the hundreds, and we have pretty sketchy details as to the number of people hurt in this incident, but it is possible that hundreds of people have possible that hundreds of peeple have possible that hundreds of people have possible that hundreds of eole have , . . ., people have been affected, and of course. people have been affected, and of course, that people have been affected, and of course, that aerial people have been affected, and of course, that aerial footage . of course, that aerial footage shown by the weather channel here shows trees uprooted, riffs ripped off buildings and cars
saying debris being thrown 13,000 feet into the air. whatever the official figures turn out to be, absolutely frightening for people going through that. at the moment, you can see from the picture is a total scene of destruction. trees uprooted, houses destroyed, towns destroyed. now, tens of thousands of people without power. we heard about hailstones the size of golf balls as well. their worries are, in natural disasters like this, you get people trapped under the rubble. it s very difficult to get help to where you need it in the timeframe that you need it in the timeframe that you need it. that is what is now going to be critical. all efforts are going on now to try to save as many lives as possible. you going on now to try to save as many lives as possible. lives as possible. you mentioned that it must lives as possible. you mentioned that it must be lives as possible. you mentioned that it must be horrific lives as possible. you mentioned that it must be horrific for- lives
correspondent frances read. 23 people at least have lost their lives. a large number. a trail of destruction of you said it is a km with up some are saying just think about of the debris was thrown 6000 metres into the air but possibly up to 9000 meters. that s almost 30,000 feet. tremendously frightening, whatever the official measurements eventually turn out to be. at the moment, as you ll see from the pictures, a total scene of destruction. trees uprooted, houses destroyed, towns destroyed. and now tens of thousands of people without power. we ve heard about hail the size of golf balls as well. the worries are, when you have natural disasters like this you get people trapped in those houses, under rubble, under structures that have fallen down. we
0ur correspondent frances read is with us. you have been working in the us and you have covered a lot of weather stories, how does this compare? this is serious, stories, how does this compare? this is serious. 23 stories, how does this compare? “m 3 is serious, 23 people at stories, how does this compare? “m 1 is serious, 23 people at least have lost their lives, a large number. a trail of destruction, as you said. 150 kilometres. think about this, the debris was thrown 6000 metres into the air, possibly 9000 metres, that almost 30,000 feet. a tremendously frightening, whatever the official measurements turn out to be. at the moment, as you will see, a total scene of destruction. trees uprooted, houses destroyed, towns destroyed, and now tens of thousands of people without power. we ve heard about hail the size of golf balls as well. the worries are, when you have natural disasters like this, you have people trapped in situ, in those houses, under rubble,