tornado outbreak wreaking havoc across much of the midwest and south friday. there are now at least 50 preliminary tornado reports in seven states. at least 10 people have been killed and dozens of others are injured. most of the deaths are in arkansas, where the damage is catastrophic reports of at least a dozen tornadoes there. governor sarah huckabee sanders , declaring a state of emergency and activating the national guard. as the storms gutted entire communities. she s expected to give an update on the storm damage at any moment now and the hardest hit areas of arkansas. that was the town of when. we don t know what s left . all my neighbors house is about destroyed. my two boys are out now trying to help dig people out of their homes. little rock also bearing the brunt of these storms, the city s mayor, telling cnn today that entire neighborhoods were flattened. impact is devastating . i just came out of nowhere. clearly no, it was coming. everyone took cover, as relate
Back with you. let s go now to cnn meteorologist. brightly ritz. so brightly. um we re not done with these severe storms. no, ma am, we are watching them across the northeast and across the southeast later this afternoon, although we are now tracking a few severe storms across parts of the ohio valley around that area of low pressure . it s a pretty massive system. we get down to the southeast. no severe thunderstorm warnings at the moment, but strong storms nonetheless, with winds gusting over 40 mph in some cases. there s some small hail as well . severe thunderstorm warnings now issued for parts of ohio back up into southeast michigan , so we ll watch those closely. those are producing winds over 50 mph inhale as well that will all track farther east. that s the start of a line that will develop later this afternoon and into the early parts of the evening to the northeast. new york, syracuse, pittsburgh, philadelphia, dover all included . these are areas that are likely to be dealin