Fatalities Confirmed After Severe Weather Causes Edwardsville Amazon Warehouse To Partially Collapse

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By Mary Chappell

CHICAGO (CBS) — Local police say there are confirmed fatalities after severe weather, believed to be a tornado, caused the partial collapse of an Amazon warehouse in southern Illinois late Friday.

At about 8:33 p.m. a “severe weather event” occurred on the west end of Edwardsville, resulting in “catastrophic damage” to a significant portion of the Amazon warehouse, located at 3077 Gateway Commerce Center Drive South, according to a press release from Edwardsville Police.

There are confirmed fatalities at the site and efforts are currently being made to notify next of kin, authorities said. Search and rescue operations are still underway.

The Red Cross will deploy more volunteers to where their St. Louis, MO-based volunteers are located by the warehouse. They will be also opening shelters for displaced people.

Source: ChicagoCBS