The full extent of damage from Saturday’s storms along a almost 40-mile stretch near Dallas came into clear focus.
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In the USA state of Texas, at least eleven people were killed in the Dallas area over the weekend as floods and tornadoes flattened buildings and disrupted transport for millions. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said Sunday night that as many as 600 homes were damaged in Rowlett.
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Eleven people have been reported killed, including eight in the city of Garland where a twister with winds of up to 200mph ripped through homes and threw vehicles off motorways.
The damage in nearby Rowlett was from an EF-3 tornado, which has typical gusts of between 136 and 165 miles per hour.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott made disaster declarations Sunday for four counties – Dallas, Collin, Rockwall and Ellis.
The storm will continue dumping heavy snow and ice across the Northern and Central Plains, Great Lakes and the Northeast, the National Weather Service said. The Texas governor said nearly the entire portion of the state north of Interstate 10, which runs through Houston and San Antonio, was already dealing with challenging weather conditions.
To deal with icy conditions pounding their state, Oklahoma closed some roads and sent out trucks to salt major arteries, local media reported Monday.
Boston could see some accumulation Monday night – and while the snow should remain northwest of New York City, Sunday’s expected record high temperatures in the 60s will turn into a wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain within about 24 hours. As of Monday, the state is still facing heavy rain and the possibility of more tornadoes, and more than 6,000 homes are still without power.
Weather service meteorologist Mark Wiley said parts of Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico could expect 8-16 inches of snow, with some isolated areas seeing 20 inches or more before the storm slides East sometime Monday.
Over the weekend, tornadoes in Texas claimed another 11 lives, and floods that washed over roadways and into homes led to 13 deaths in Missouri and IL.
In southern IL, authorities said three adults and two children drowned Saturday when the vehicle they were riding in was swept away and sank in a rain-swollen creek. He added that around eight people have died and several roadways have been blocked. The state DOT says high water has caused the closure of some roads in counties in the southern and eastern part of the state.
Governor Jay Nixon stated on Sunday that the emergency workers have emptied the homes in Missouri and conducted water rescues.
Authorities say more than 180 Missouri roads are closed because of flooding.
A flash flood warning was in effect for Dallas County Saturday night.
Lubbock, Texas, Mayor Glen Robertson declared a state of disaster, because police, fire and EMS response times were expected to be hampered. Majority of the cancelled flights were from Chicago’s two main airports.
Southwest Airlines canceled 70 flights across its system Sunday, spokesman Dan Landson said.
Travelers in Texas airports were met with widespread delays and cancellations.
Cars that had been in driveways ended up inside homes.
Officials said earlier that five of the deaths were related to vehicles hit by a tornado in southeast Garland.
With rain all day on Sunday keeping people away, Garland residents worked on a dreary and frigid Monday to salvage what they could, with the American Red Cross distributing items like tarpaulins, rakes and work gloves to help them.
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