At least one person has died and dozens of homes were left in ruins when tornadoes tore through parts of Texas and Oklahoma.
The powerful twister left several others injured and reduced a church, medical centre and school to rubble in one town alone.
Search and rescue teams have been sent to remote villages to look for survivors and assess the scale of the damage.The violent extreme weather events occur when a rapidly rotating column of air stretching from the ground to the base of a cloud forms.
The National Weather Service said tornadoes also were reported in Texas and Arkansas and a storm system was heading toward Louisiana. In Texas, authorities in Lamar County said at least 50 homes were damaged or destroyed and 10 people were treated at one hospital, including two with critical injuries. No deaths were immediately reported.
Judge Brandon Bell, the county’s highest elected official, declared a disaster in the area, a step in getting federal assistance and funding.Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at
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