Three people have died after a tornado struck the small town of Cincinnati in Arkansas, according to a Washington County Sheriff's Office dispatch. The storm caused damage near a local highway in the town's centre and points west of Washington County, dispatcher Josh Howerton said. There were "lots of injuries", he added, quoted by AP news agency. The storm also caused damage in the town of Tontitown, the deputy emergency manager for Washington County said. Rick Johnson said emergency responders are experiencing difficulties in reaching the damaged areas because of power lines that have been knocked down. The storm system also injured at least two people and caused damage in Benton County, a region near the Arkansas state lines with the states of Oklahoma and Missouri, Matt Garrity, the county's manager of emergency services, told the CNN news network. Homes were damaged in the county and the local airport has closed due to debris in the region, Mr Garrity said. Source: BBC