ANDRIA HALL, CNN ANCHOR: Well, Memorial Day weekend got off to a rough start in northern Arkansas. A storm front triggered a tornado that wrecked parts of one rural area.</s>HALL (voice-over): When the swirling fury ended, it's impact became clear. And for some people in Leachville, Arkansas, life after a tornado will never be the same. When the twister touched down, trees snapped off their roots, had crushed homes.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: A tree through the bathroom and knocked the furnace clean out. There's part of the tree right there. You can see it. And you can see a hole back here in the bathroom.</s>HALL: And downed power lines left many in the dark.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: See, this big tree here blowed down, it got all -- it tore the electricity loose where it goes into my house.</s>HALL: Even after the rain stopped, dark clouds still rolled across the sky, and people who took shelter under highway overpasses waited for a sign that it was safe to leave. But some people got caught in harm's way.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Next thing you know, my brother, Shane, woke up, and this is what happened. And his walk (ph) was hurt. She's got a huge knot her head.</s>HALL: Police say despite the damage, most injuries were minor. The major effort now will be the clean-up.</s>HALL: Just shows you how life can change in an instant.
In Northern Arkansas, Tornado Wrecks Rural Area