LITTLE ROCK (AP) — One person was killed in the tornadoes that cut a path through Arkansas, ripping off rooftops and downing power lines along the way, authorities said today.

“I can confirm that we have one fatality,” Cleburne County Sheriff Marty Moss said, but he declined to identify the victim or provide more details.

Arkansas Department of Emergency Management spokeswoman Renee Preslar had said four people were injured during the storms, including three who were in a home that was destroyed near Pearson in Cleburne County.

Moss would not say whether the...