Authorities says at least 5 people are dead after severe weather swept across Texas and Oklahoma overnight, causing extensive damage and outages
A Texas sheriff says at least five people are dead after powerful storms tore through a rural community, obliterating homes and leaving thousands of people without power Sunday.Video above: Storm system brings tornadoes, hail to Oklahoma Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington told The Associated Press that the victims included three family members who were found in one home near Valley View, a rural community near the border with Oklahoma .The destructive storms began Saturday night.
, the weather service office in Fort Worth posted a message warning residents in Era and Valley View they were in the direct path of a possible tornado and to immediately seek shelter. The Forth Worth office continued to post notices and shelter warnings tracking the movement of the storm through midnight and separately issued a severe thunderstorm warning with 'golf ball-sized hail' possible.
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