The victims were believed to be in vehicles at the time, Mike Hatfield of the Garland Police Department said. Hatfield indicated the death toll was a preliminary figure.
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More than 30 tornado warnings were issued across northern Texas Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
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The emergency manager for a county south of Dallas confirmed on Twitter that some homes were destroyed during the storm.
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KXAS-TV said five of the deaths occurred near the intersection of Interstate 30 and the President George Bush Turnpike in Garland, a large city northeast of Dallas that is a part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, authorities said.
The National Weather Service confirmed that tornadoes had touched down near Dallas and several other towns. Fifteen to 20 recreational vehicles were in the park; she said she had not taken stock of the damage. The weather service said flooding would be experienced in southern Huntsville, Decatur, Madison, Hartselle, Muscle Shoals, Russellville, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Moulton and Red Bay.
And more extreme weather is forecast for Sunday, with an arctic cold front bringing a nasty mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain from west Texas to New Mexico. Officials said the full extent of damage would not be known until Sunday morning.
The National Weather Service said the Dallas area was under a tornado warning Saturday.
In addition to snow, icy conditions and strong winds are expected from central Oklahoma up into Kansas, making the roads unsafe for driving. Though police would not confirm if a tornado had ended the pair’s lives, early reports indicated that they were at a gas station when the tragedy struck.
The severe weather snarled air traffic in the Dallas area.
James Brown of the Coffee County Emergency Management Agency says volunteers distributed sandbags in Elba, where the Pea River was projected to crest Saturday at 43 feet, about a foot below the levees that protect the area.
The city has dealt with massive flooding before.
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley praised efforts to restore and improve the levee system while touring the town of Elba, which was affected by flooding.
“We have three houses that collapsed”.
At least 20 tornadoes hit MS alone on Wednesday, stranding more than 8,000 homes without electricity. “It’s a really serious situation”. “We’ve got additional injuries. I wasn’t expecting this”.
People run as weather sirens sound as a severe storm passes over downtown Dallas, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015, in Dallas.
In the past week, at least 17 deaths in Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas have been linked to the severe weather.
Six people were killed by tornadoes in Tennessee and one in Arkansas in recent days.
Some parts of the Panhandle could see as many as 356 millimetres of snow, with sub-zero wind chills and accumulating ice.
Parts of the state could get walloped with 5 to 10 inches of snow.
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Record high temperatures ranging from 15 to 25 degrees above normal continue for the East today. Horton said the inmates were cooperative and moved to three state correctional facilities in Elmore County.
