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At Least 14 Dead In US Tornadoes, Storms
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published May 27, 2024 | 02:00 AM
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Houston, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th May, 2024) At least 14 people were killed across the central United States as tornadoes and other extreme storms hit several states including Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma, officials said Sunday.
Rescue efforts were ongoing and hundreds of thousands of customers were without power after the storms struck the Southern Plains region beginning late Saturday.
In Texas, Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington told a press conference that seven people were dead after a tornado ripped through the Valley View area, north of Dallas, according to local ABC affiliate WFAA.
Search and rescue operations were ongoing.
The twister destroyed homes and a gas station, and overturned vehicles on an interstate highway. Sappington called the damage "pretty extensive," in an interview with The Weather Channel.
In Oklahoma, at least two people were dead after a tornado hit Mayes County late Saturday, the county head of emergency management Johnny Janzen told the Fox news affiliate in Tulsa.
And in Arkansas, five people were killed in storms in the early hours of Sunday, authorities confirmed to local ABC station KATV. Power lines and trees were downed, and some areas experienced flash flooding.
As far north as Indiana, the start of the Indianapolis 500 was delayed for several hours Sunday due to storms in the area, with fans asked to exit the bleachers and seek shelter.
A crowd of 125,000 was expected for the race, one of the most emblematic car races in America.
As the storm system moved across the country, nearly 490,000 customers were without power in states stretching from Texas up to Kansas and east to Ohio and Kentucky, according to the website Poweroutage.us.
Tornado alerts were still active in several places.
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