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Video Shows Destruction in Mineral Wells, Texas After Tornado Strikes
At least 2 people were killed and dozens displaced as tornadoes, hail and damaging winds spread across the Midwest and South, officials said.
- On Tuesday, a multiday severe weather outbreak entered its sixth day, threatening the central US with tornadoes and damaging wind gusts while killing at least one person and leaving more than 300,000 without power.
- Days of severe weather carved a destructive path across the Plains and South, beginning with a violent EF4 tornado in Enid, Oklahoma, last Thursday with winds of 170 to 175 mph, followed by deadly tornadoes in North Texas on Saturday near Runaway Bay about 80 miles northwest of Dallas.
- More than 300,000 people experienced power outages as of early Tuesday, including 60,000 in Wisconsin and Michigan after the two states saw 120,000 combined outages Monday evening, while a 39-year-old man was killed in Kent County, Michigan, when a tree fell during strong winds Monday evening.
- A tornado ripped through Mineral Wells, Texas, around 5 p.m. Tuesday evening, flattening portions of the town and damaging multiple homes and industrial areas, prompting Mineral Wells Police Chief Tim Denison to implement a 10 p.m. curfew.
- Much of Tennessee and Kentucky remain on alert early Tuesday as the storm system moves eastward with damaging winds and heavy rain, while a Level 4 of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms is in place for northeast Texas including the Dallas-Ft. area Tuesday afternoon and evening.
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See the destruction after a North Texas town was torn apart Tuesday by tornado
Photos and video from Mineral Wells, Texas are starting to show the aftermath of a tornado that ripped through the town. Here's what the storm left behind.
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