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NE Arkansas Tornadoes
Updated: Aug. 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM CDT
|ByAhmad Lathan
Some tornado survivors in Butler County are one step closer to getting financial help, months after a deadly tornado damaged hundreds of homes, and it will come thanks to an outpouring of support in the days and weeks after the storm.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM CDT
|ByAhmad Lathan
Roniah Braden and Hayden Buchanan were on campus when a tornado damaged roughly 30% of the Three Rivers Community College on March 14, 2025. Housing units were among the damaged buildings.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM CDT
|ByAhmad Lathan
Poplar Bluff students have not been inside the Kindergarten Center since early March.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM CDT
|ByAhmad Lathan
Students, staff and parents will be back in familiar territory now that the Poplar Bluff School District’s Kindergarten Center will be open to start the upcoming school year.
Updated: May 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM CDT
|ByDevin Kidd
87-year-old Marion resident, Paul Lee, is counting his blessings and says he’s thankful to be alive.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM CDT
|ByK8 Newsdesk
Arkansas lawmakers have joined Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders in asking the federal government to reconsider its denial of aid for tornado recovery.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM CDT
|ByK8 Newsdesk
According to the NWS preliminary report, an EF-2 tornado touched down at 5:54 p.m. March 2, about two miles northeast of Shannon along Trinity Road.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM CDT
|ByBryant Kwilecki
The southern part of Wynne and Cross County suffered damage from a tornado that touched down in the early morning of Saturday, April 5.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM CDT
|ByJake Tester
Cleanup continues in Lake City after the tornado on Wednesday, April 2, but the people picking up the pieces are also facing the possibility of more severe storms.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM CDT
|ByK8 Newsdesk
While many work to recover from the violent tornadoes that broke out on April 2, many across Northeast Arkansas work to offer aid in any way they can.
Region 8 SatRad
Updated: Apr. 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM CDT
|ByAlejandra Hernández
Corning residents spent the day cleaning up after powerful storms rolled through Northeast Arkansas.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM CDT
|ByJake Tester andK8 Newsdesk
The sun rose Thursday morning to a scene of devastation and destruction.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM CDT
|ByMacy Davis
Poinsett County is reporting damage after tornado-warned storms moved through the area Wednesday evening.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM CDT
|ByBryant Kwilecki
Parts of Randolph County suffered damage from an apparent tornado on Thursday, April 2.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM CDT
|ByK8 Newsdesk
The City of Lake City is offering help to victims of Wednesday night’s devastating tornado.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM CDT
|ByK8 Newsdesk
The Craighead Electric Cooperative Corporation (CECC) said it is working to restore power after the catastrophic tornadoes that ripped through Craighead County.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM CDT
|ByK8 Newsdesk
The National Weather Service said Thursday a tornado that swept through the Craighead County towns of Bay and Lake City had peak winds of 150 miles per hour.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM CDT
|ByK8 Newsdesk
On Wednesday night, a massive tornado swept across Craighead County, destroying more than a dozen homes but sparing lives.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM CDT
|ByJoel Moore andTarvarious Haywood
“It just cleared everything in five minutes,” the Lake City resident, 97-years-old, recounted the tornado that tore through not only his home, but an entire community.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM CDT
|ByJacob Gallant
A storm shelter saved the lives of a family whose home was leveled in Wednesday night’s tornado that decimated Lake City, Arkansas.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2025 at 11:50 PM CDT
|ByOlivia Tock
The National Weather Service in Paducah has confirmed a tornado went through two counties in southeast Missouri.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2025 at 9:44 PM CDT
|ByK8 Newsdesk
The National Weather Service office in Memphis, Tennessee, confirmed an EF-0 tornado hit Poinsett County Sunday, March 30.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM CDT
|ByKY3 Staff
The American Red Cross is issuing a call for more volunteers as the agency continues its disaster response after recent severe weather.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM CDT
|ByJake Tester
Around 100 Pocahontas High School Seniors spent Thursday, March 20, picking up debris from the Shannon community.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM CDT
|ByMaddie Sexton
In the midst of recovery from one of Friday’s devastating tornadoes, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders was boots on the ground Thursday morning.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM CDT
|ByMaddie Sexton
The Greene County Health Department and Families Inc. Counseling Services provided support following last Friday’s tornado.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM CDT
|ByK8 Newsdesk
Residents and business owners are cleaning up after storms devastated the town of Cave City.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM CDT
|ByK8 Newsdesk
The Greene County Health Department and Families Inc. Counseling Services will offer free assistance to families and individuals affected by Friday night’s tornadoes.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM CDT
|ByJosh Seabaugh
One person is dead in Butler County after severe weather hit the Heartland.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM CDT
|ByThe Associated Press
A series of storms that sparked tornadoes, wildfires, high winds, and dust storms while barreling across eight states over the weekend have left at least 42 people dead and dozens injured.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM CDT
|ByKY3 Staff
The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado from Friday night’s storms in Baxter County.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM CDT
|ByK8 Newsdesk
Residents are in the process of rebuilding after an EF-3 tornado destroyed their city on Friday, March 14.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM CDT
|ByKY3 Staff
On Monday, Governor Mike Kehoe announced the state has requested the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) participate in joint preliminary damage assessments.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM CDT
|ByHeartland News
Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff, Mo. is closed due to storm damage.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM CDT
|ByChase Gage
Damage is extensive in Jackson County. Now, residents look to clean up and rebuild.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM CDT
|ByK8 Newsdesk
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders received a briefing in Paragould on Saturday, March 15, and toured storm damage.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM CDT
|ByJake Tester
“I figured the house was gone at the beginning of it."
Updated: Mar. 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM CDT
|ByMaddie Sexton
"We heard a boom after the sirens went off, I went outside to see what was going on and I went back in and said 'hun, it's not good."
Updated: Mar. 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM CDT
|ByBryant Kwilecki
Cave City suffered a direct hit from an EF-3 tornado that had peak winds of 165mph. Officials and residents continue relief efforts.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM CDT
|ByK8 Newsdesk
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders received a briefing in Cave City and toured storm damage on Saturday, March 15.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM CDT
|ByK8 Newsdesk
Several areas across Region 8 are reporting damage from storms on Friday evening and Saturday morning.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2024 at 5:46 AM CST
|ByK8 Newsdesk
It’s been three years since a deadly tornado outbreak across Region 8.
Updated: May 29, 2024 at 11:32 PM CDT
|ByFrances Watson
Many are trying to piece their lives back together after a devastating EF-3 tornado hit the area.
Updated: May 29, 2024 at 9:21 AM CDT
|ByK8 Newsdesk
Randolph County County Judge Ben Wicker has declared a disaster after storms on Sunday, May 26.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2024 at 10:55 PM CDT
|ByMacy Davis
It’s been four years since an EF-3 tornado made its way through Jonesboro, leaving neighborhoods destroyed and tearing through some city businesses.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2023 at 11:43 AM CDT
|ByMaddie Sexton
The new site holds everything students would need for the next three years while the high school is under construction.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2023 at 7:07 AM CDT
|ByRegion 8 Newsdesk
Gov. Sarah Sanders welcomes students back to school in Wynne.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2023 at 2:52 PM CDT
|ByRegion 8 Newsdesk
Recipients in Cross, Lonoke, and Pulaski counties who were affected by March 31 tornadoes will have some temporary flexibilities pertaining to SNAP.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2023 at 9:27 PM CDT
|ByRegion 8 Newsdesk
The Mall at Turtle Creek, which sustained heavy damage in the March 28, 2020, tornado, will be torn down.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2023 at 2:08 PM CDT
|ByRegion 8 Newsdesk
The National Weather Service said a tornado that tore apart the Cross County town of Wynne, leaving 26 people injured and 4 others dead, traveled 73 miles and was more than 13 football fields wide.