Powerful storms killed at least 19 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky. But there were also remarkable stories of survival.
Powerful storms killed at least 19 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky, obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where dozens sought shelter in a restroom during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S. The storms inflicted their worst damage in a region spanning from north of Dallas to the northwest corner of Arkansas, and the system threatened to bring more violent weather to other parts of the Midwest.
'Thank God, just got some bruises, nothing broken,' the paper quotes her as saying. 'Everything happened so fast. I just said, 'Lord wrap your arms around me and my pets and get us through this.''Others told CBS Texas how they survived when a funnel roared through an RV park at a marina.Eight people died statewide in Arkansas, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed in a news conference Sunday evening.
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