Deadly weather in US kills at least 20 as storms carve path of ruin across multiple states

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Hundreds have been injured in a wide trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

The storms inflicted their worst damage in a region spanning from north of Dallas to the northwest corner of Arkansas.

Seven deaths were reported in Cooke County, Texas, near the Oklahoma border, where a tornado on Saturday night ploughed through a rural area near a mobile home park, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said at a news conference.A home damaged by a storm the night before in Pryor, Oklahoma. Eight people died state wide in Arkansas, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed in a news conference.

Damage is seen at a truck stop the morning after a tornado rolled through, Sunday, May 26, 2024, in Valley View, Texas. Powerful storms left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where drivers took shelter during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S.

 

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