Arkansas Neighborhood Hit by a Tornado for the 2nd Time in a Year: ‘This Is Not Good'
Multiple homes in Arkansas that were hit by a tornado during the St. Patrick's Day weekend outbreak were already hit by a separate tornado nearly a year earlier.
The National Weather Service (NWS) has confirmed an EF-2 tornado 'with 125 mph winds' ripped through Paragould over the weekend, according to the Greene County Office of Emergency Management.
Coincidentally, the Paragould tornado reportedly hit an area that was impacted by a different tornado 10 months prior.
An EF-1 twister plowed through the area of Sandwedge Drive on Memorial Day weekend, according to The New York Post and Fox Weather.
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The Drope family's home sustained significant damage in the March 2025 twister after being impacted by the storm that hit their neighborhood in May 2024.
"There's a silence that happens before a strong storm hits you. And I said, 'Oh no, this is not good,' ' Misty Drope told Good Morning America on Monday, March 17.
Luckily for the Dropes, they managed to survive the second twister after sheltering in a spot that saw much less damage than the rest of the home.
'It literally looks like God just had his hand right there over us, because that's the only part that has the roof left,' Keely Drope told GMA.
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CBS affiliate WREG-TV reported that more than 160 homes were significantly damaged by the Paragould twister on Friday. No one died as a result of the incident, and Mayor Josh Agee said only three or four people sustained minor injuries.
"Luckily, we had property damage only," Agee stated on Saturday, March 16. 'The Good Lord was watching over the City of Paragould last night."
Nearly 90 tornadoes touched down across the Midwest and Southeast between Friday and Sunday, according to FOX Weather.
More than 40 people have died from the storms, NBC News and ABC News reported. Three deaths were reported in Arkansas as well as two in North Carolina, three in Alabama, four in Oklahoma, four in Texas, six in Mississippi, eight in Kansas and 12 in Missouri.
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