By Bond Robertson 
Strong storms are affecting at least 15 states in the Midwest and Southern United States.
Authorities said at least seven people died as a result of the storm in Arkansas, Illinois and Indiana in the United States.
In Little Rock, Arkansas, one death was reported after the storm. In the town of Wayne in northeastern Arkansas, two people were reported dead.
A woman is carried from a fire station to an ambulance after a tornado hits West Little Rock, Ark., Friday, April 31. March 2023.
Photo: Staci Vandagriff/AP
In Belvidere, about ten miles northwest of Chicago, parts of the roof of the Apollo Theater concert venue collapsed as a result of the storm.
The local fire chief confirms that one person has died. In addition, 28 people will be infected.
The local fire chief told CNN that at least 200 people must have been present at the Apollo Theater when the roof collapsed.
Several wounded in Arkansas
In Illinois and Arkansas the extreme weather is the worst. According to the US National Weather Institute (NWS), more than 60 tornadoes were reported in the past 24 hours.
Iowa, Wisconsin, Tennessee and Mississippi were also affected.
Two tornadoes were filmed from a moving car.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the hurricane caused significant damage in the center of the state. She says the emergency services are working to help every injured person.
At least 50 people have been hospitalized in Little Rock, Arkansas, according to the city’s mayor, Frank Scott Jr.
Firefighters remove a woman from a tornado-damaged apartment complex in Little Rock, Arkansas.
People try to remove logs from the road in Kamack Village, Arkansas.
A tree destroyed an apartment complex in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The entrance to the Apollo Theater as a roof collapses during a tornado in Belvedere, Illinois, during a heavy metal concert late Friday, March 31, 2023.
Emergency teams rushed to the Apollo Theater after a tornado caused damage during a concert late Friday.
Local television station WUSA reported earlier in the evening that at least 600 people were injured. They did not explain the severity of the injuries.
More than 350,000 people were endangered as a large and destructive tornado battered businesses and neighborhoods.
A car overturned in the Kroger parking lot after a severe storm swept through Little Rock, Ark., on Friday, March 31. March 2023
Photo: Andrew DeMillo/AP
National Guard deployment
In several places, people are stuck in destroyed homes.
– In Wayne, people are trapped in homes with significant damage, says Rescue Service (ADEM) spokesperson Rebekah Magnus.
They work to help those who cannot get out of their homes.
– I activated the Arkansas National Guard. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders wrote on Twitter that they would help the emergency services.
Trees are downed after a tornado ripped through Little Rock, Ark., on Friday, April 31. March 2023.
Photo: Andrew DeMillo/AP
Bring airline passengers to safety
In the small, southern town of Roanoke, Illinois, both buildings and cars had windows blown out as a result of the hail.
At the main O’Hare airport outside of Chicago there were significant delays. Passengers were removed from the planes and lowered into the tunnels to reach safety from the inclement weather.
The accident is being compared to Mississippi, where at least 24 people were killed and dozens injured. Tornado hit Sharkey and Humpreys counties, causing damage over 100 miles, he wrote hv news.
An apartment complex in Little Rock sustained major damage after a tornado on Friday, April 31. March 2023.
Photo: Stephen Swofford/Associated Press
The severe weather warning issued Friday covered more than 85 million people, including unusually strong thunderstorms with the potential for hail, high winds and tornadoes.
More storms are coming
Hundreds of thousands of customers lost power early Saturday morning. Indiana and Minnesota reported the most power outages, he wrote Washington Post.
More bad weather is expected for the rest of Saturday. With reports of severe thunderstorms expected across parts of the Ohio Valley, the Northeast, and across the southeastern United States. In addition, it is according to Storm Prediction Center Chances of wind, hail and some tornadoes.