Destructive storms strike Texas, leaving a million people without power, dead, flooded, and battering Dallas and Houston with hurricane-force winds
At least two people were killed in Tennessee by powerful storms that swept through the central and eastern US on Wednesday. As night set, more tornadoes and flash flooding hit the state, with one twister wreaking havoc on areas south of Nashville. Additionally, there were tornado warnings in force as of late Wednesday in a number of southern states, including northern Alabama. According to the National Weather Service, a “large and destructive tornado” occurred near Henagar, a small city of a few thousand people located about 55 miles east of Huntsville. In the Huntsville region, a tornado warning was also issued earlier on Wednesday night. Up to three in the AM CT on Thursday, the National Weather Service issued tornado watches for portions of Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Georgia. 1. A.
In Texas, which is still in shock following an almost constant barrage of deadly and catastrophic storms in recent weeks, strong storms delivered another wave of violent weather on Tuesday night, leaving over 600,000 people without power and at least one fatality.
Tuesday morning’s powerful winds, which caused damage to buildings and electrical lines, also blew American Airlines aircraft 737-800 out of its gate at Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport.
Four tornado reports were received from Tennessee on Wednesday, According to the National Weather Service. Of those, two were from Maury County, where a tornado emergency had been declared. At approximately 5:50 p.m. CT, the weather service reported that a “confirmed large and destructive tornado” was located close to Spring Hill.
Following violent and deadly storms that tore through the state on Tuesday and throughout the holiday weekend, thousands of Texans are without power and many may be without it for several days. This has left people to pick up the pieces of destroyed homes and businesses in the uncomfortable heat.
The Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan regions saw destructive hail and hurricane-force winds on Tuesday afternoon due to a strong thunderstorm. As of Wednesday morning, over 400,000 consumers in the state were still without power, according to utility tracker PowerOutage.us. The storms just one day before had left over a million people without electricity.
According to FlightAware, the storm also caused travel disruptions, resulting in over 500 flights at Dallas-Fort Worth International being canceled and over 500 being delayed on Tuesday.
According to local channel KHOU 11, a sixteen-year-old construction worker was killed after a Magnolia County home collapsed over him, trapping him beneath the wreckage.
There was extensive damage in the area, including downed trees. Although Eric Previti, a Maury County Commissioner, acknowledged that buildings had also sustained damage, he was unaware of the extent of it.
We are pleading with everyone to avoid using the roadways. “Remain at home if you are able to do so,” the Maury County Office of Emergency Management wrote on Facebook.
Some water rescues were made, but there were no early reports of casualties, according to a Robertson County Emergency Management Agency official.
On Wednesday morning in Claiborne County, Tennessee, there was a report of the storm’s first fatality. According to the county emergency management office, the person’s automobile was struck by a tree during strong storms. It is unknown who this guy is.
Since Wednesday morning, numerous states have been under severe weather alerts, including tornado threats, big hail, and damaging winds. The dangerous weather is occurring only one day after strong storms and tornadoes tore across southwest Michigan, demolishing houses and businesses and injuring numerous locals.
On Thursday, more hail, strong gusts, and the potential for a few tornadoes are predicted to accompany the severe weather that is expected to move into the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.
The most recent information about the storms that caused damage in Tennessee on Wednesday and the damage that occurred in Michigan on Tuesday is as follows:
May is usually the busiest month, and April to June is the US’s most active tornado season. It has been no different this year. Since April 25, there has been at least one tornado reported in the United States every day a 14-day streak as of right now.
The Tennessee Department of Transportation announced that workers would be dispatched to a location at State Road 99 and Interstate 65 where there was debris and damage. One lane of the I-65S is stopped in Maury County near MM 47 due to a reported tornado that crossed the freeway. Rebekah Hammonds, a representative for the traffic department, stated on X that there have been reports from the location that automobiles and signs nearby have been damaged.
A city official reported that a tornado on Tuesday injured over a dozen individuals at a mobile home park in Pavilion Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. According to Andrew Alspach, the county’s emergency management spokeswoman, fifteen to twenty individuals were sent to two nearby hospitals with minor injuries.
The National Weather Service reported that Portage saw two tornado warnings in less than an hour and that at least one, if not two, touched down in the area on Tuesday night. Town officials said there were no major injuries, but there was severe damage to homes and businesses in the city. A massive hole was blown into a FedEx facility by a tornado. A representative from the Kalamazoo County administrator’s office informed MLive.com that approximately fifty individuals were confined within the establishment for several hours. Nicholas Armold, the director of public safety for Portage, subsequently stated that when emergency personnel came, every employee was present.
According to St. Joseph County Undersheriff Jason Bingaman, several homes and businesses were destroyed Tuesday as a potential tornado landed in Centreville. According to Bingaman, homes were “completely down” and roofs were torn off due to the storm damage. Emergency Management Director Tim Miner reports that at least seven homes in neighboring Branch County were destroyed.
Michigan’s first-ever tornado emergency
On Tuesday, “a large and destructive tornado” passed over parts of Branch County, including Union City, and the National Weather Service declared Michigan’s first tornado emergency. When a tornado threatens to cause catastrophic damage and fatalities, usually in a populated area, a tornado emergency the most severe kind of tornado warning is issued.
The possibility of tornadoes persists on Wednesday
The Storm Prediction Center said that on Wednesday night, there was a Level 4 or 5 chance of severe thunderstorms for around 3.7 million people. Parts of Alabama, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee, including Nashville, are at risk. An additional 590 million people are at risk of Level 2 or Level 3 of 5, extending from Texas through much of the Ohio Valley and into the mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Since Wednesday morning, numerous states have been hit by severe storms that have caused damage to property, baseball-sized hail, tornado warnings, and damaging winds.
