Joshua Lott / The Washington Post
Nearly 100 individuals have died in the tornados that occurred from December 10th – 12th crossing Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois. The tornados caused property damage to factories, city halls, residential properties, and nursing homes. In the town of Monette, Arkansas, a nursing home experienced collapsing roofs and walls while over 200 residential properties were destroyed. Monette’s Singer Sewing Co. factory had their entire factory / warehouse complex damaged. Most of the communities the tornados ran through have similar stories of homes, buildings, and communities being destroyed by the winds.
Residents of Dawson Springs said the winds of the tornado sounded like a lawn mower grinding through the trees. Three quarters of their 2,500-home community was destroyed by the tornados leaving 13 people dead. The number of deaths is subject to rise as the town is working on clearing the wreckage.