States across the U.S. South and Midwest are cleaning up on Saturday following a deadly spring storm that spawned hail, heavy wind and tornadoes, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people. At least 10 people were killed, the Associated Press reported.
Reports of damage are extensive, with cars tossed off roads, homes ripped from foundations and buildings badly damaged. The hardest hit areas from Friday’s storm system are in Arkansas, Tennessee, Iowa and Illinois, where a roof was ripped off the Apollo Theater in the city of Belvidere during a heavy-metal concert. At least one person at the show was killed, Chicago’s ABC-7 reported.
Belvidere Police Chief Shane Woody described the scene as “chaos, absolute chaos,” the AP reported.
