Early morning tornado kills multiple people causes widespread damage in Missouri

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A tornado that tore through southeastern Missouri on Wednesday caused widespread destruction and killed and injured multiple people, authorities said. WATCH: Deadly storms, tornadoes lay waste to large areas of South and Midwest The tornado moved through a rural area of Bollinger County, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of St. Louis, between 3:30 and 4 a.m., said Sgt. Clark Parrott of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. He said it caused “multiple injuries and multiple deaths,” but he didn’t say how many or precisely where they occurred. “The damage is pretty widespread. It’s just heartbreaking…