A severe storm in the United States claimed the lives of 21 people, dozens of people were injured.
Source: Reuters with reference to officials
Details: At least five people died in Arkansas.
Officials also reported four deaths in Illinois and three in Indiana.
Meanwhile, the Tennessee Department of Health confirmed seven deaths.
In Illinois, three people died as a result of the collapse of an apartment building.
In addition, in the state of Illinois, due to gusts of wind, the roof of a theater with 260 people collapsed, killing a 50-year-old man and injuring 40 people.
This is in addition to a 50-year-old man who died in Belvidere, a city in northern Illinois, after the roof collapsed on a theater that held 260 people. Dan Zakkard, a senior emergency management official for Boone County, said on Saturday that 40 people were injured in the incident.
The National Weather Service has warned of thunderstorms heading into the eastern United States, likely to cause power outages and tree toppling with winds exceeding 60 mph (100 km/h).
