A powerful storm system that produced multiple reports of tornadoes struck the Midwest early Wednesday, killing at least nine people in Illinois and Missouri.
Lt. Tracy Felty of the Saline County Sherriff's Office said six people were reported dead in the small town of Harrisburg, Ill., one of the areas hardest hit by the early morning storm. The apparent twister tore through the area around 5 a.m., causing widespread damage.
In Missouri, three people were killed -- one in a trailer park in the town of Buffalo, Fox News has learned. At least three people were critically injured in the small eastern Kansas town of Harveyville.
The tornadoes were spawned by a powerful storm system that blew down from the Rockies on Tuesday and was headed across the Ohio and Tennessee river valleys toward the Mid-Atlantic region. Keep reading
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