{"id":141036,"date":"2025-03-19T08:22:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T01:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=141036"},"modified":"2025-03-19T08:22:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T01:22:55","slug":"survivors-tell-their-stories-after-missouris-deadly-tornadoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=141036","title":{"rendered":"Survivors tell their stories after Missouri&#8217;s deadly tornadoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-widget-type=\"embed\" data-video-id=\"fmc-r3nmeavait808m5u\" class=\"m video-player\"><a href=\"\" class=\"video-link\"><span class=\"overlay\"\/> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38437338257\/320\/179\/7mblhesgb8ajapi8.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38437338257\/640\/358\/7mblhesgb8ajapi8.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38437338257\/768\/432\/7mblhesgb8ajapi8.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38437338257\/1536\/864\/7mblhesgb8ajapi8.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" width=\"1984\" height=\"1116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38437338257\/992\/558\/7mblhesgb8ajapi8.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38437338257\/1984\/1116\/7mblhesgb8ajapi8.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38437338257\/992\/558\/7mblhesgb8ajapi8.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Ashlyn Carter-Lawson was taking shelter with her husband and dogs during severe weather when a tornado caused the ceiling to collapse in her home. She said they ended up evacuating their home in the middle of the tornado-warned storm to get to a safer place.\u00a0\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a> <!----><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Ashlyn Carter-Lawson was taking shelter with her husband and dogs during severe weather when a tornado caused the ceiling to collapse in her home. She said they ended up evacuating their home in the middle of the tornado-warned storm to get to a safer place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>IMPERIAL, Mo.\u2013<\/strong> Ashlyn Carter-Lawson was at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">home<\/a> with her husband and dogs when a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/tornadoes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tornado<\/a>-warned storm blasted through Imperial, Missouri, on Friday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">She said she&#8217;d been tracking the storm, so she knew it was coming. It was when water started pouring into the basement where her family was sheltering that she became more concerned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Carter-Lawson said she came up from the basement to start saving some of the items in her home between the waves of the storm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;I thought maybe it was done,&#8221; she said. &#8220;That&#8217;s when ceilings started collapsing.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/288\/162\/484209153_28864795973168459_7447951020426884135_n.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/576\/324\/484209153_28864795973168459_7447951020426884135_n.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/720\/405\/484209153_28864795973168459_7447951020426884135_n.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1440\/810\/484209153_28864795973168459_7447951020426884135_n.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/484209153_28864795973168459_7447951020426884135_n.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1336\/752\/484209153_28864795973168459_7447951020426884135_n.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/484209153_28864795973168459_7447951020426884135_n.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Ashlyn Carter-Lawson's home was damaged when a tornado caused the ceiling to collapse. \"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Ashlyn Carter-Lawson&#8217;s home was damaged when a tornado caused the ceiling to collapse.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Ashlyn Carter-Lawson \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Carter-Lawson said she was fearing for her life as she and her husband gathered their dogs and made their escape back down to the basement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;We were pacing back and forth,&#8221; she said. &#8220;&#8216;Do we stay here? Do we stay in the basement? Is the whole house going to come down?\u2019&#8221; Those were some of the questions, Carter-Lawson and her husband were asking as the storms raged.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Eventually, she said, they made the decision to leave.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Driving through a tornado, you know, it&#8217;s terrifying,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">In the days since the storm, Carter-Lawson said their home looks different.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/288\/162\/484298315_28864797136501676_7696446650556475199_n.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/576\/324\/484298315_28864797136501676_7696446650556475199_n.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/720\/405\/484298315_28864797136501676_7696446650556475199_n.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1440\/810\/484298315_28864797136501676_7696446650556475199_n.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/484298315_28864797136501676_7696446650556475199_n.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1336\/752\/484298315_28864797136501676_7696446650556475199_n.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/484298315_28864797136501676_7696446650556475199_n.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Ashlyn Carter-Lawson's home was damaged when a tornado caused the ceiling to collapse.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Ashlyn Carter-Lawson&#8217;s home was damaged when a tornado caused the ceiling to collapse.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Ashlyn Carter-Lawson \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;The walls are demolished. The ceiling&#8217;s demolished. The floor&#8217;s ripped up,&#8221; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;It&#8217;s starting to hit me, that we lived through a tornado,&#8221; Carter-Lawson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The National Weather Service is still surveying many tracks of damage in Missouri, but preliminary information indicates an EF-2 tornado passed near the western outskirts of Imperial on Friday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 data-v-4e81e892=\"\">\u2018A war zone\u2019 in Poplar Bluff<\/h2>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">About a couple hours\u2019 drive from Imperial in southeastern Missouri, the town of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/missouri\/poplar-bluff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poplar Bluff<\/a> was also devastated by a tornado.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Poplar Bluff resident Arthur England was home that night, when he felt the devastating power Mother Nature could wield through a tornado.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;It picked me up in my trailer, threw me down, and then it picked me up the rest of the way and threw me out the window,&#8221; England told FOX Weather Meteorologist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/person\/o\/ian-oliver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ian Oliver<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">England went on to describe the moment he found himself standing barefoot in the storm \u2013 hail falling all around him, flashlights piercing through the darkness, neighbors screaming.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/288\/162\/screenshot-2025-03-18-at-2.57.21-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/576\/324\/screenshot-2025-03-18-at-2.57.21-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/720\/405\/screenshot-2025-03-18-at-2.57.21-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1440\/810\/screenshot-2025-03-18-at-2.57.21-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/screenshot-2025-03-18-at-2.57.21-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1336\/752\/screenshot-2025-03-18-at-2.57.21-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/screenshot-2025-03-18-at-2.57.21-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Destroyed homes in Poplar Bluff, MO.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Destroyed homes in Poplar Bluff, MO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (FOX Weather \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Among the chaos, a preacher came up to England and advised him to let a police officer on the scene take him to the hospital. According to England, the preacher noticed he was in shock.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;It was something that I wouldn\u2019t want to see nobody else go through it ever, ever again,&#8221; England said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">England\u2019s two daughters came to meet him at the hospital, and once he was stable, all three returned to his home.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/how-to-watch-fox-weather-on-tv\"><strong><u>HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/288\/162\/screenshot-2025-03-18-at-2.57.49-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/576\/324\/screenshot-2025-03-18-at-2.57.49-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/720\/405\/screenshot-2025-03-18-at-2.57.49-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1440\/810\/screenshot-2025-03-18-at-2.57.49-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/screenshot-2025-03-18-at-2.57.49-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1336\/752\/screenshot-2025-03-18-at-2.57.49-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/screenshot-2025-03-18-at-2.57.49-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"England with his two daughters.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">England with his two daughters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (FOX Weather \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">What they found was the sobering aftermath of the Poplar Bluff tornado.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Everything was demolished, like, cars on top of cars, houses on top of cars,&#8221; said daughter Lisa. &#8220;It was unbelievable. Debris everywhere. Like, everything just collapsed that we knew. It was like going into a war zone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Among the wreckage, was a seedling of hope, as the three were able to salvage England\u2019s untouched phone, tablet and wallet. 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