At least 14 people died in southern United Statess after that tornadoes and extreme storms hit the states of Texas, Arkansas and Oklahomacausing destruction in its wake, the authorities detailed.
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In Texas, Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington said at a news conference Sunday that seven people died in an area north of Dallas that was devastated by a tornado.
“Unfortunately, I think that number is going to increase,” Sappington had told reporters earlier, adding that search operations were continuing.
He twister It destroyed houses and a gas station where several drivers had sought refuge, leaving injuries but no fatalities.
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Several vehicles were overturned on an interstate highway, while television images showed destroyed properties. Sappington called the damage “quite extensive.”
In Arkansas, five people died due to the storms, according to local authorities in the counties of Benton, Baxter, boone and Marion. In Oklahoma, at least two people died after a tornado hit Mayes County on Saturday night, local emergency management chief Johnny Janzen told the Fox News affiliate in Tulsa.
Due to storms in the area, In Indiana, the start of the Indianapolis 500 was delayed on Sunday, and the public was urged to leave the stands and seek shelter.
An attendance of 125,000 people was expected for the automobile race, one of the most emblematic in the United States. As the storm system moved across the country, about 450,000 customers were left without power in Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky, according to the latest report from the Poweroutage.us website.
Tornado warnings were still active in several locations. Tornadoes, a meteorological phenomenon that is difficult to predict, are relatively frequent in the United States, particularly in the central and southern parts of the country.
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