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Tornadoes damage homes in Arkansas, Oklahoma as severe weather tears across central US

Emergency crews have been spread out across portions of Arkansas and Oklahoma as relentless rounds of severe weather and tornadoes blasted the region on Monday, damaging homes and knocking out power.

On Monday evening, radar showed a large debris signature near the community of Greenland in Arkansas, which appeared to have been directly hit by a tornado. The tornado then continued into the Fayetteville area before lifting.

“Wow, that is not a good sign. We have a very apparent debris ball, this very stark blue (on radar),” FOX Weather Meteorologist Steve Bender said as he tracked the tornado Monday night. “This is moving at an astonishing pace.”

Kentucky to Tennessee Valley threatened by more severe weather days after deadly tornado outbreak

Nearly 60 million people in the lower Ohio Valley, Tennessee Valley, mid-South and Deep South are once again under threat of severe weather Tuesday, including most of Kentucky, which just endured a tornado outbreak last Friday that claimed at least 19 lives in the state. This is part of a relentless eight-day severe weather pattern that began last Wednesday for the middle of the country.

Tuesday’s threat is centered on Kentucky, Tennessee, eastern Arkansas, northern Mississippi and northern Alabama, where a volatile atmosphere will allow strong thunderstorms to develop beginning in the mid-afternoon, bringing all modes of severe weather, including large hail, damaging wind gusts and the possibility of strong tornadoes (EF-2 or higher).

Watch: Aerial video shows damage in London, Kentucky, after devastating tornado

Following a powerful tornado, America’s heartland is full of devastation and destruction.

London, Kentucky, is the center of some of the worst damage from the recent tornado outbreak. Roofs of homes are ripped apart, and some structures are thrown hundreds of yards away from their original locations.

Miles of debris from the powerful EF-3 tornado can be seen in aerial footage from Rich Waite and RMWServices, showing the path of the destructive tornado. 

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