Nearly 90,000 customers were without electricity in Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Georgia as of midday Sunday
Kayla Easterling of Flora, Miss., looks at a tree-limb covered automobile that belongs of a member of her church on April 14, 2019. The vehicle was one of several properties damaged or destroyed by severe weather in the state.Powerful storms swept across the Southern U.S. on Sunday after unleashing suspected tornadoes and flooding that killed at least eight people, injured dozens and flattened much of a Texas town. Three children were among the dead.
In neighbouring Houston County, the sheriff’s office said one person was killed in Weches, 6 miles southwest of Caddo Mound. The weather service said preliminary information showed an EF-3 tornado touched down with winds of 140 mph . In Hamilton, Mississippi, 72-year-old Robert Scott said he had been sleeping in his recliner late Saturday when he was awakened and found himself in his yard after a tornado ripped most of his home off its foundation.
National Weather Service meteorologist John Moore said a possible twister touched down in the Vicksburg, Mississippi, area. No injuries were reported, but officials reported damage to several businesses and vehicles.The storm is expected to continue moving toward the Northeast where its impact has already been devastating.
The storm damaged a roof of a hotel in New Albany, Mississippi, and Mississippi State University’s 21,000 students huddled in basements and hallways as a tornado neared the campus in Starkville.
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