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Tornadoes Kill 8 In Texas

A separate death, involving only one victim, took place in Blue Ridge, which is about 50 miles northeast of central Dallas, but only about 20 miles north of Copeville – indicating that the fatalities appear to centralizing around that area of outer Dallas.

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Green said she was unsure of whether any neighbors had been injured or killed down the block where several homes were destroyed.


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The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency earlier said it had confirmed 10 deaths from continuing storms which first moved through the state on Wednesday (local time).


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Those with flights through Dallas, St. Louis, Indianapolis and New Orleans should expect delays, according to AccuWeather.

At 7 a.m., officials in both Garland and Rowlett will hold press conferences updating the situation in each of those cities. Tornadoes are possible, and residents are asked to remain alert. Officials say there were reports of looting overnight. Many roads and homes are flooded, Monroe County Sheriff Cecil Cantrell said.

The suburb of Garland suffered significant damage when the storms pummeled the city Saturday evening. Please do not get out on the roads if you do not have to.

All four deaths occurred near the intersection of I-30 and I-90 in Garland, within a couple thousand feet of each other, Garland police spokesman Mike Hatfield said.

The extreme weather, fueled by unseasonably warm air, is likely to continue for the next few days, the National Weather Service reported, snarling holiday travel across a large section of the country.

At least 52,000 Oncor electricity customers were without power across Texas at one point Saturday evening, with 30,000 of those in Dallas County alone.

(AP Photo/Butch Dill). Lightning illuminates a house after a tornado touched down in Jefferson County, Ala., damaging several houses, Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, in Birmingham, Ala.

Flash flooding closed roads across Alabama and trapped motorists in rapidly rising waters.

The man and a child were swept away by the flooding, the report added, and the child was later found safe at a neighbor’s home.

Afterward, they left the house and sought shelter. Rainfall amounts through Monday could range from 2 to 4 inches over southeast Arkansas and 5 to 8 inches across the northwest half of the state, forecasters said.

The tiny, flood-prone Alabama town was underwater in 1929, which led to the constructions of levees for protection.

Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant and Georgia counterpart Nathan Deal also declared states of emergency in counties affected by the weather. There were no injuries and the evacuations were just precautionary, officials confirmed to The Weather Channel.

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Nicholas Garbacz, disaster program manager for the American Red Cross of North Mississippi, said members of the Marine Corps brought donated toys to a center in Holly Springs for children whose families were hit hard by the storms. Images uploaded to social media showed a massive tornado near Rowlett and at least one destroyed structure. Saturday night’s storms were the latest in a string of unusual weather events that have disrupted Christmas week.

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