<p>A tornado slammed into the US&nbsp;city of Dayton, Ohio on Monday as severe storms were forecast to pound the area overnight, officials and media reports said.</p>

<p>At least two other tornadoes touched down near the city, including one near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, just east of Dayton, media reports said.</p>

<p>The latest storm comes after a spate of tornadoes and floods killed at least six people in Oklahoma over the weekend, including two people in El Reno, near the state capital on Saturday.</p>

<p>In Ohio, the extent of the damage and injuries was not immediately clear.</p>

<p>"We're right in the middle of it right now. It's a mess," said a phone operator with the Office of Emergency Management in Montgomery County.</p>

<p>Some media outlets reported that rescue workers were going door-to-door in parts of Dayton. Police and sheriff's departments were not immediately available for comment.</p>

<p>Twitter users posted images of debris flying in the air and damaged mobile homes and cars.</p>

<p>The National Weather Service said that there were reports of multiple tornadoes in the Dayton area between 11 p.m. Monday and 1 a.m. Tuesday.</p>

<p>"We'll have to get survey crews on the ground in the morning to confirm the severity of the storms, but yes, there is at least one tornado touch down in the city," said Zack Taylor, a meteorologist with the NWS Weather Prediction Center in College Park Maryland.</p>

<p>"The storm system is weakening as it pushes into West Virginia and Virginia, but along with the winds, it has dropped about two or three inches of rain in just two hours," he said.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/record-heat-hits-us-southeast-threat-of-flooding-remains-in-central-states-222096">Flooded areas of Arkansas and Oklahoma</a> were bracing for more rain that will feed the already swollen Arkansas River, forecasters said on Monday, as Missouri deployed the National Guard in anticipation of further storms.</p>

<p>Arkansas and Oklahoma have also activated National Guard units.</p>

<p>Millions of Americans were under flood warnings on the Memorial Day holiday with Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois getting a deluge while Oklahoma and Arkansas got a reprieve for the most part.</p>

<p>In Tulsa, officials were monitoring the Arkansas River after the US Army Corps of Engineers raised the flow at the upriver Keystone Dam by 65% since last week to 275,000 cubic feet per second. The heavier flow is testing two ageing levees in Tulsa, the city said.</p>

<p>In neighbouring Missouri, Governor Mike Parson on Monday activated the National Guard to respond to flooding and prepare for severe storms this week, his office said in a statement.</p>

<p>Tornadoes and severe storms that slammed into the state last week killed three people and destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes.</p>


A tornado slammed into the US city of Dayton, Ohio on Monday as severe storms were forecast to pound the area overnight, officials and media reports said. At least two other tornadoes touched down near the city, including one near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, just east of Dayton, media reports said.

A tornado slammed into the US city of Dayton, Ohio on Monday as severe storms were forecast to pound the area overnight, officials and media reports said. At least two other tornadoes touched down near the city, including one near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, just east of Dayton, media reports said. The latest storm comes after a spate of tornadoes and floods killed at least six people in Oklahoma over the weekend, including two people in El Reno, near the state capital on Saturday. In Ohio, the extent of the damage and injuries was not immediately clear. "We're right in the middle of it right now. It's a mess," said a phone operator with the Office of Emergency Management in Montgomery County. Some media outlets reported that rescue workers were going door-to-door in parts of Dayton. Police and sheriff's departments were not immediately available for comment. Twitter users posted images of debris flying in the air and damaged mobile homes and cars. The National Weather Service said that there were reports of multiple tornadoes in the Dayton area between 11 p.m. Monday and 1 a.m. Tuesday. "We'll have to get survey crews on the ground in the morning to confirm the severity of the storms, but yes, there is at least one tornado touch down in the city," said Zack Taylor, a meteorologist with the NWS Weather Prediction Center in College Park Maryland. "The storm system is weakening as it pushes into West Virginia and Virginia, but along with the winds, it has dropped about two or three inches of rain in just two hours," he said. Flooded areas of Arkansas and Oklahoma were bracing for more rain that will feed the already swollen Arkansas River, forecasters said on Monday, as Missouri deployed the National Guard in anticipation of further storms. Arkansas and Oklahoma have also activated National Guard units. Millions of Americans were under flood warnings on the Memorial Day holiday with Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois getting a deluge while Oklahoma and Arkansas got a reprieve for the most part. In Tulsa, officials were monitoring the Arkansas River after the US Army Corps of Engineers raised the flow at the upriver Keystone Dam by 65% since last week to 275,000 cubic feet per second. The heavier flow is testing two ageing levees in Tulsa, the city said. In neighbouring Missouri, Governor Mike Parson on Monday activated the National Guard to respond to flooding and prepare for severe storms this week, his office said in a statement. Tornadoes and severe storms that slammed into the state last week killed three people and destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes.

Tornado hits city of Dayton, more storms expected in south, central US

<p>Actor Liam Hemsworth is all set to star in 'Arkansas', which will mark the directorial debut of Clark Duke of 'Hot Tub Time Machine'&nbsp;fame.<br />
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Duke, who has written the plot of the film, will also star in a pivotal role, alongside 'Wedding Crashers'&nbsp;actor Vince Vaughn, confirmed The Hollywood Reporter.<br />
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The film revolves around low-level drug runners in the Dixie Mafia. Kyle (Hemsworth) and Swin (Duke) live by the orders of an Arkansas-based drug kingpin named Frog (Vaughn), whom they've never met.<br />
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But things take a turn for the worse as the duo are forced to face the dire consequences of a botched-up deal.<br />
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While Patrick Hibler, Jeff Rice, Martin Sprock and Storyboard Media are producing the film, executive producers include Media Finance Capital's David Gilbery and Charles Dorfman, who also funded the film.'Arkansas'&nbsp;is set to go on floors next week in Alabama.</p>


Actor Liam Hemsworth is all set to star in 'Arkansas', which will mark the directorial debut of Clark Duke of 'Hot Tub Time Machine' fame. Duke, who has written the plot of the film, will also star in a pivotal role, alongside 'Wedding Crashers' actor Vince Vaughn, confirmed The Hollywood Reporter.

Actor Liam Hemsworth is all set to star in 'Arkansas', which will mark the directorial debut of Clark Duke of 'Hot Tub Time Machine' fame. Duke, who has written the plot of the film, will also star in a pivotal role, alongside 'Wedding Crashers' actor Vince Vaughn, confirmed The Hollywood Reporter. The film revolves around low-level drug runners in the Dixie Mafia. Kyle (Hemsworth) and Swin (Duke) live by the orders of an Arkansas-based drug kingpin named Frog (Vaughn), whom they've never met. But things take a turn for the worse as the duo are forced to face the dire consequences of a botched-up deal. While Patrick Hibler, Jeff Rice, Martin Sprock and Storyboard Media are producing the film, executive producers include Media Finance Capital's David Gilbery and Charles Dorfman, who also funded the film.'Arkansas' is set to go on floors next week in Alabama.

Liam Hemsworth to star in gangster film 'Arkansas'

<p>The southern state of Arkansas executed two inmates late Monday, the first double execution in the United States in 17 years, according to the Arkansas attorney general.</p>

<p>Leslie Rutledge said that Jack Jones and Marcel Williams, both sentenced to death in the 1990s, were executed by lethal injection after higher courts rejected their final legal appeals.</p>

<p>Jack Jones was executed after the US Supreme Court rejected an 11th-hour request from his attorneys asking the justices to reconsider a procedural issue from his trial.</p>

<p>Arkansas had planned to put eight convicted murderers to death in 11 days -- a record, had it been carried out -- but four have won reprieves.</p>

<p>Marcel Williams was scheduled to die later Monday night. If the execution goes ahead, it would be the first double execution in the United States since 2000.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson has said the accelerated execution timetable is necessary as the state&#39;s stock of a sedative used in lethal injections will expire at the end of the month.</p>

<p>Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said in a statement that the daughters of Jones&#39;s victim, 34-year-old Mary Phillips, had finally received justice.</p>

<p>&quot;Mary was performing her job as a bookkeeper in Bald Knob on June 6, 1995, when she was strangled to death with a coffeepot cord while her 11-year-old daughter Lacey clung to life a few feet away after being choked and beaten,&quot; Rutledge said.</p>

<p>&quot;The Phillips family has waited far too long to see justice carried out, and I pray they find peace tonight.&quot;</p>

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The execution process began at 7:06 pm (0006 GMT) and Jones was pronounced dead at 7:20 pm, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper cited Department of Correction spokesman Solomon Graves as saying.</p>

<p>Jones was calm as he made a rambling final statement while strapped to the gurney, saying he tried to become a better person and apologizing to Phillips&#39; daughter Lacey, the paper said, citing media witnesses in the death chamber.</p>

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<p>Last Thursday, Ledell Lee was put to death in the state&#39;s first execution in more than a decade.</p>

<p>Many of the legal clashes over Arkansas&#39;s plan focus on use of the drug midazolam, a sedative meant to render a condemned person unconscious before other drugs induce death.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Critics say it does not always adequately sedate prisoners, potentially causing undue suffering.</p>

<p>And McKesson Medical-Surgical, a distributor for pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, had asked courts to ban the use of a paralytic it sells, vecuronium bromide, in the chemical cocktail used to kill prisoners.&nbsp;<br />
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The state had planned to put eight convicted murderers to death in 11 days -- a record, had it been carried out -- but 4 have won reprieves

The southern state of Arkansas executed two inmates late Monday, the first double execution in the United States in 17 years, according to the Arkansas attorney general. Leslie Rutledge said that Jack Jones and Marcel Williams, both sentenced to death in the 1990s, were executed by lethal injection after higher courts rejected their final legal appeals. Jack Jones was executed after the US Supreme Court rejected an 11th-hour request from his attorneys asking the justices to reconsider a procedural issue from his trial. Arkansas had planned to put eight convicted murderers to death in 11 days -- a record, had it been carried out -- but four have won reprieves. Marcel Williams was scheduled to die later Monday night. If the execution goes ahead, it would be the first double execution in the United States since 2000. This is the first double execution in the United States in 17 years × Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson has said the accelerated execution timetable is necessary as the state's stock of a sedative used in lethal injections will expire at the end of the month. Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said in a statement that the daughters of Jones's victim, 34-year-old Mary Phillips, had finally received justice. "Mary was performing her job as a bookkeeper in Bald Knob on June 6, 1995, when she was strangled to death with a coffeepot cord while her 11-year-old daughter Lacey clung to life a few feet away after being choked and beaten," Rutledge said. "The Phillips family has waited far too long to see justice carried out, and I pray they find peace tonight." Legal clashes The execution process began at 7:06 pm (0006 GMT) and Jones was pronounced dead at 7:20 pm, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper cited Department of Correction spokesman Solomon Graves as saying. Jones was calm as he made a rambling final statement while strapped to the gurney, saying he tried to become a better person and apologizing to Phillips' daughter Lacey, the paper said, citing media witnesses in the death chamber. Statement written by Jack Jones just before his death. pic.twitter.com/5iSxReEkUk — julieturkewitz (@julieturkewitz) April 25, 2017 × Last Thursday, Ledell Lee was put to death in the state's first execution in more than a decade. Many of the legal clashes over Arkansas's plan focus on use of the drug midazolam, a sedative meant to render a condemned person unconscious before other drugs induce death. Critics say it does not always adequately sedate prisoners, potentially causing undue suffering. And McKesson Medical-Surgical, a distributor for pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, had asked courts to ban the use of a paralytic it sells, vecuronium bromide, in the chemical cocktail used to kill prisoners. (AFP)

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