By Sean Murphy and Julio Cortez, Associated PressDamage 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.
Eight people died statewide in Arkansas, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed in a news conference Sunday evening. An emergency official said two of the deaths were attributed to the circumstances of the storm but not directly caused by weather, including a person who suffered a heart attack and another who was deprived of oxygen due to a loss of electricity.
A truck stop at Lone Oake Road and Interstate 35 on Sunday, May 26, 2024, after severe storms hit Valley View and Cooke County, Texas on Saturday. The small community of Charleston took a direct hit from the storm Sunday night, where several homes were destroyed and utilities were knocked out. “The hopes and dreams of Texas families and small businesses have literally been crushed by storm after storm,” said Abbott, whose state has seen successive bouts of severe weather, including storms that killed eight people in Houston earlier this month.
Multiple people were transported to hospitals by ambulance and helicopter in Denton County, also north of Dallas.The destruction continued a grim month of deadly severe weather in the nation’s midsection.
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