While regions of the South and Midwest are devastated by strong storms, Texas organizations are responding to the need for assistance.
On Saturday, Fredye Quain came at Little Rock, Arkansas’ Levy Baptist Church. Quain works as a volunteer for the Grapevine-based Southern Baptists of Texas Convention Disaster Relief team.
“I’ve been fortunate. It breaks my heart to see these individuals out here who are not fortunate, Quain said.
Quain said it is unclear how long the volunteers will stay in Arkansas, but they will be feeding those in need. Another disaster relief organization, Texas Baptist Men, said on Saturday that they will be traveling to the Little Rock region for a similar mission. The organization predicts the deployment of more TBM units in the near future.
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At least seven states had at least a dozen tornadoes on Friday, with at least 25 fatalities reported as of this writing.
Four persons from the little hamlet of Wynne, Arkansas, and three from Sullivan, Indiana, were among the fatalities. Alabama, Illinois, Mississippi, and the vicinity of Little Rock also reported further deaths.
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A Circle K gas station on Rodney Parham Road in Little Rock is one of the buildings that sustained significant damage as a consequence of the storm on Friday. The garage, back room, and roof all perished.
Shop manager Brandi Pelkey claimed that she and other staff members as well as customers fled to the back to find safety.
Pelkey described the strong wind as “like a train, being hit by waves.” It is similar to a power washer. Only the wind, slamming you with debris. It was exactly like having a power washer spray water on you. It was torched.
Neighbors in an adjacent west Little Rock neighborhood started cleaning up. More than 20 years ago, Brian Roper moved into the area.
Roper declared, “Never seen anything like this, ever.” “Never. None have.
Roper claimed he ran inside after seeing the storm from his garage.
“It was so near. They whirled about. The garage door was closed. As I started to run inside, my garage door glass kind of broke on me,” he claimed. “As I entered, everything began to fall. The back, the trees, and everything else.
Part of a large storm system that also delivered wildfires to the southern Plains and blizzard conditions to the Upper Midwest, the tornadoes that wreaked havoc in sections of Arkansas and other states.
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