Severe storms and tornadoes raging in US causing casualties

Violent storms and tornadoes have torn across the U.S. south and midwest, The Guardian writes.

As reported, the outbreak of storms and tornadoes has resulted in at least seven deaths in Tennessee and Missouri. At least a dozen injuries have been reported. Power lines and trees have been downed, homes smashed and cars upturned across multiple states.

The White House has approved a state of emergency request from Tennessee.

Indiana, meanwhile, has declared its own state of emergency, activating 50 national guard members to deal with severe weather that has affected 41 of the state’s counties.

The storms are now tracking east, after leaving more than 213,000 households without power from Texas to Ohio. A “high-risk” excessive rainfall warning was issued by the National Weather Service for parts of Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky.