Tornadoes rip through Midwest; 3 dead, dozens injured - Aliyah Christian, period 1

According to the National Weather Service, more than 70 tornadoes were reported across the Midwest region. At least 10 states were under severe weather alerts, while tornado watches were posted from Michigan to Arkansas. Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power. There have been 3 people confirmed dead in Washington County and injuring dozens of others.
During a conference call withh reporters on early Sunday, NWS deputy director, Laura Furgione, said "We obviously have a very dangerous situation on our hands and it's just getting started". Washington, 145 miles southwest of Chicago, was hit particularly hard.

"I went over there immediately after the tornado, walking through the neighborhoods, and I couldn't even tell what street I was on," said Alderman Tyler Gee.

"I stepped outside and I heard it coming," Michael Perdun, a resident there, told the news service. "My daughter was already in the basement, so I ran downstairs and grabbed her, crouched in the laundry room and all of a sudden I could see daylight up the stairway and my house was gone. The whole neighborhood's gone. The wall of my fireplace is all that is left of my house."

According to Saint Francis Medical Center, the hospital was treating 37 tornado victims, including seven trauma victims.

I believe being caught in this sort of a storm would have to be one of the scariest things to have to live through. I can not imagine my home being torn out from under me. Hearing these kinds of stories tear at my heart and I want to do something to help the victims. There is actually a website that we can go to and find information about donating or assisting. It's http://news.yahoo.com/midwest-tornadoes-how-to-help-221657935.html.

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