8.5 MILLION Americans under tornado watch as twisters rip across the Southwest
8.5 MILLION Americans remain under tornado watch from eastern Texas to northwestern Louisiana as twisters rip across the Southwest, destroying dozens of homes and buildings
A severe storm that has seen a series of tornadoes overrun the American Southwest is expected to continue Tuesday, with 8.5million citizens in six states being told to take shelter in anticipation of more twistersOfficials issued a tornado watch Monday to citizens of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi, as harsh weather including tornadoes, damaging winds and hail is expected to continue TuesdayThe twisters, spurred by a severe storm system heading east across the region, have seen countless trees in Texas and Oklahoma uprooted, homes damaged, and several roads and airports closed down Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes spread damage across parts of North Texas on Monday, killing one person and injuring at least seven others Officials also reported damage throughout Jacksboro, about 60 miles northwest of Fort Worth
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A severe storm that has seen a series of tornadoes overrun the American Southwest is expected to continue Tuesday, with 8.5million citizens in six states being told to take shelter in anticipation of more twisters.
Officials issued a tornado watch Monday to citizens of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi, as harsh weather including large tornadoes, damaging winds and hail is expected to continue Tuesday.
The twisters, spurred by a severe storm system heading east across the region, have seen countless trees in Texas and Oklahoma uprooted, homes damaged, and several roads and airports closed down.
At least one person was killed and seven others hospitalized in Sherwood Shores, Texas, which sits on the border with Oklahoma, local outlet KTEN reported.
Rescuers are continuing to comb the rubble of wrecked homes and buildings to see if anyone was trapped by the destruction.
The tornado watch, which effects 8.5 million Americans across the aforementioned states, is set to end at 9am ET.
However, weather officials warn that as the storm system moves east Tuesday, about 20 million citizens in the Lower Mississippi Valley and central Gulf Coast region are at risk, as millions prepare for more harsh weather.
Conditions those in its path can expect include electrical storms, softball-sized hail and winds in excess of 75 mph – a marked 15 mph than some of the winds seen Monday.
Storms beginning Monday night have so far left dozens of neighborhoods from eastern Texas to northwestern Louisiana devastated by an onslaught of twister and high speed winds of at least 60 mph, outlets reported.
The severe weather, which has also so far affected parts of Oklahoma and Louisiana, is being spurred by a strong storm system that meteorologists said could press on for a few days.
Cities in the storm’s path New Orleans and Baton Rouge in Louisiana, Jackson and Gulfport in Mississippi, Birmingham in Alabama, and Houston and Memphis.
Officials at the Storm Prediction Center warned Tuesday of the possibility that the storm will worsen Tuesday night, despite the tornado warning officially ending in the morning.
‘Tornadoes occurring at night are more than twice as likely to be deadly as those during the day.’
This map shows which areas remain under tornado and severe storm watches after twisters ripped through Texas on Monday
Another image shows the path of the severe storm which resulted in spectacular twisters ripping through Texas
The Lower Mississippi Valley and central Gulf Coast region will be under some threat of severe weather Tuesday, weather experts said.
At least one person was killed and seven others hospitalized in Sherwood Shores, Texas, which sits on the border with Oklahoma, which was also slammed by the storm system.
The storms hit much of northern Texas on Monday and are expected to move into the Deep South as well as spreading east on Tuesday. A total of 30 million people are at risk of possible tornadoes on Tuesday, according to the Storm Prediction Center (SPC).
Residents in Dallas/Fort Worth; Austin, Texas; Houston; Shreveport, Louisiana; New Orleans; and Jackson, Mississippi have been warned to prepare for severe storms.
Harrowing video shows a Walmart employee yelling for people to run into the store as a tornado shot debris across the parking lot – one of several twisters that slammed parts of North Texas and Oklahoma on Monday, leaving one person dead and dozens others injured.
‘Get inside, run, run, run!’ one person can be heard frantically screaming at a group of others as they attempt to make their way from the parking lot to the Walmart entrance in Round Rock as the massive tornado approaches.
‘Oh my God, a car!’ the man yells as his camera briefly shows a vehicle being lifted and tossed off the road.
‘Stay away from the windows!’ he adds as he makes his way back into the Walmart.
One woman tweeted a photo of her legs, which were bruised and bloodied, saying she got ‘dragged across the Walmart parking lot by a tornado.’
At least one person was killed and seven others hospitalized in Sherwood Shores, Texas, which sits on the border with Oklahoma, local news outlet KTEN reported.
The storms hit much of northern Texas on Monday and are expected to move into the Deep South as well as spreading east on Tuesday. A total of 30 million people are at risk of possible tornadoes on Tuesday, according to the Storm Prediction Center (SPC).
Residents in Dallas/Fort Worth; Austin, Texas; Houston; Shreveport, Louisiana; New Orleans; and Jackson, Mississippi have been warned to prepare for severe storms.
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A tornado touches down at a Walmart store in Round Rock, Texas, causing severe damage
‘Get inside, run, run, run!’ one person can be heard frantically screaming at a group of others as they attempt to make their way from the parking lot to the Round Rock Walmart entrance
Pictured: the tornado tearing through a Walmart parking lot in Texas on Monday
‘Oh my God, a car!’ the man yells as his camera briefly shows a vehicle, pictured, being lifted and tossed off of the road.
One woman tweeted a photo of her legs, which were bruised and bloodied, saying she got ‘dragged across the Walmark parking lot by a tornado’
A drone takes an aerial photo near Hutto, Texas after heavy thunderstorms passed through central Texas prompting tornadoes in the area
A view of a damaged building after a tornado in a widespread storm system touched down in Round Rock, Texas
The devastation from the multiple twisters across North Texas and into Oklahoma included:
The wall and roof being ripped off Jacksboro High School, about 60 miles northwest of Fort WorthPeople were reportedly trapped in collapsed structures in Bowie, 30 miles northeast of JacksboroDozens of homes were left in ruins after massive tornado touched down in in Round Rock, about 20 miles from AustinAt least four people were injured, including at least one hospitalization and a rescue was underway for two people in a collapsed structure in Elgin, east of AustinA quarter-mile-wide twister struck the southern Oklahoma city of Kingston, leaving behind a roughly 1,300-foot swath of destructionAt least three people were injured and several homes destroyed between Cooper and Crockett, Texas More than 40,000 customers across Texas were reportedly without power Also, about 350 flights in and out of DFW International Airport were canceled Monday, according to flight-tracker Flightaware.com
In Jacksboro, photographs posted on social media showed the leveled high school.
‘It brought tears to my eyes,’ school Principal Starla Sanders told WFAA-TV in Dallas.
Bowie City manager Bert Cunningham said the worst damage was east of the town, with as many as four entrapments reported.
Four people suffered minor injuries, said Emergency Manager Kelly McNabb.
Michael Talamantez comforts his girlfriend Derry Schroer after Talamantez’ house on Stratford Drive in Round Rock, Texas was destroyed by a severe storm, reported as a tornado, while they were inside on Monday
People survey the damage to a shopping center after a tornado in a widespread storm system touched down in Round Rock
The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center showed the worst of the storms were hitting the Austin area of northern Texas on Monday
Millions of Americans living in the south of the country have been warned to stay alert as meteorologists predict severe weather and tornadoes
In north Texas, people have been warned to expect tornadoes, hail and scattered gusts of up to 75mph until 8am CDT on Tuesday
Arturo Ortega and his son Kaysen Ortega, 2, survey the damage to a shopping center after a tornado in a widespread storm system touched down in Round Rock
An aerial photo made with a drone shows damage done when a series of tornadoes passed through, near Hutto, Texas
Pictured: an extreme close-range intercept of a massive tornado outside of Crockett, Texas Monday
A tornado tears through Crockett, Texas on Monday, causing widespread damage to houses and buildings in the area
Pictured: large hail storm accompanies a tornado outside of Crockett, Texas on Monday
Pictured: damage at the Jacksboro High School gymnasium after the tornado Monday
A view of a damaged store after a tornado in a widespread storm system touched down in Round Rock, Texas
A storm system had been predicted to bring strong tornadoes and large hail to parts of Texas on Monday, then move toward the Deep South, where forecasters warned a severe weather outbreak was possible Tuesday.
Parts of central and east Texas, especially the Austin and College Station areas, also saw severe storms reported as tornadoes, the National Weather Service said.
Photographs posted on social media showed damage to buildings in the Austin suburbs of Round Rock and Elgin. No injuries were immediately reported.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said during a news conference Monday night in suburban Austin’s Williamson County that the ‘devastating’ storms caused significant damage but the state would stand ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with those affected, and he was thankful that there no reports of fatalities.
‘We know there are many people whose lives have been completely disrupted and people who’ve lost their homes,’ Abbott said.
‘At the very same time… it may be a miracle also, because even though there’s been some devastating physical damage, to my knowledge, as of right now, there is no report of loss of life, which is just stunning.’
Abbott credited local residents with taking shelter early, and local media who helped report approaching storms.
Logan Kipka (L), an employee, and Jone Latterell-Loganimoce, co-owner of an Uptown Cheapskate franchise location, sit outside the damaged store after a tornado in a widespread storm system touched down in Round Rock
A crew from a towing company works to right a vehicle that was damaged after a tornado in a widespread storm system touched down in Round Rock
Michael Talamantez looks at his house on Stratford Drive in Round Rock, Texas, after it was destroyed by a tornado while he was inside on Monday March 21, 2022
People look at the damage after a tornado hit a shopping center near I-35 and SH 45 in Round Rock, Texas, on Monday
Commuters stand near their damaged automobiles at the site of a vehicle accident after heavy rain in Bryan, Texas on Monday
Extreme structural damage shown in an aerial photo taken by drone on Monday near Hutto, Texas
Texas bad weather hits the Dallas and Fort Worth county area, issuing tornado watches around the area
The rain was expected to bring relief to some areas of Texas hit by wildfires, but windy weather was expected to follow.
On Tuesday, areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama could see ‘a regional severe weather outbreak,’ the Storm Prediction Center said. That area, including the cities of Baton Rouge and Jackson, Mississippi, could see strong tornadoes Tuesday, forecasters said.
Federal and state authorities in Louisiana reminded thousands of hurricane survivors living in government-provided mobile homes and recreational vehicle trailers to have an evacuation plan because the structures might not withstand the expected weather.
More than 8,000 households are living in such temporary quarters, Bob Howard, spokesman for a joint information center for the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Louisiana Governor´s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, said Monday.
In a joint statement, the agencies said floods may cause the most damage.
A view of a damaged vehicle after a tornado in a widespread storm system touched down in Round Rock, Texas
People look at an overturned truck in a parking lot after a tornado in a widespread storm system touched down in Round Rock, Texas
Arturo Ortega and his son Kaysen Ortega, 2, survey the damage to a shopping center after a tornado in a widespread storm system touched down in Round Rock
‘Repeated bouts of heavy rainfall can occur over the same areas, increasing the risk for flooding,’ the statement said.
‘Move to higher ground if you hear of flood warnings.’
Nearly 1,800 households in trailers provided directly by FEMA are unable to return yet to homes damaged or destroyed by hurricanes Laura and Delta in 2020, according to a news release last week.
Another 1,600 trailers were deployed for Hurricane Ida’s displaced households, Howard said, and Louisiana has set out more than 4,400 RV trailers for Ida´s victims under a test program paid for by FEMA.
Anyone living in state or FEMA temporary housing needs to keep cellphones on and fully charged, with the volume high and severe weather alerts enabled, the agencies said.
‘The danger is expected to be highest at night,’ they added.
And, the release noted, the mobile homes and RV trailers are government property that cannot be moved.
