Tornadoes Hit Dallas Area Wreck Homes and Kill Eight
Texas cleanup after a deadly weekend storm system that produced an EF-4 tornado in Garland destroying hundreds of homes. One hundred plus loose and mobile victims seek aid as Red Cross distributes tarps and gloves. Across the Midwest and South, the week saw deaths from Arkansas Missouri Illinois and Oklahoma with widespread flooding and flight cancellations. Governor orders disaster declarations in several states and authorities assess missing persons and drownings.
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Dallas
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Midwest
Arkansas
Missouri
Illinois
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Backroad Anthem
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Nixon
Mississippi
Phil Bryant
Texas
Greg Abbott
Collin
Rockwall
Ellis
National Weather Service
Garland
Mitch Bates
Blessings From Churches Feed Stranded Motorists In Snow
Volunteers opened church doors to stranded drivers, serving breakfast burritos sausage coffee orange juice and bread. By Monday afternoon all motorists had left as donations funded shelters and cots. Snowfall ranged 2 to 8 inches across Fort Stockton Pecos and nearby towns with minor accidents and one bar ditch near an overrun truck.
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Herman
Fort Stockton
Midland
National Weather Service
Michelle Schuldt
Pecos
Reeves County
Schuldt
Big Lake
Winkler County
George Keely
Keely
Clay
Snow, outages hit West Texas with heavy Midland to Odessa impacts
Powell reports Highway 191 to FM 1788 snow packed and icy with four to five cars stranded on the roadside. Odessa area reports 7 inches of snow. Midland sees up to 8 inches with Artesia NM at 18 inches in the basin. Oncor reports about 5 000 outages beginning Saturday, 81 customers still out as crews race to restore power. 17 wrecks in Odessa since Saturday night. Hope Heals All church fed and sheltered stranded residents, delivering meals and clothes and offering hotel stays.
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National Weather Service
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Odessa
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Akash
Artesia
N.M
Permian Basin
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Lea
Oncor
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Ortega
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Permian
Andrea Goodson
Sammy Jordan
Odessa First Assembly Church
Hope Heals All
Jordan
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