One person was killed and dozens more were injured after a tornado tore through Perryton, Texas, according to the Associated Press.
One person was killed and dozens more were injured, according to theTornadoes were seen tearing through the southern Plains on Thursday, leaving a path of destruction in parts of Texas.Panhandle. Nick Smego watched as the tornado spun about a mile in front of him.Storm chaser Brian Emfinger came across significant damage moments after the cyclone moved through Perryton, Texas.
and uprooted trees from the twister. He said one of the mobile homes that was hit by the twister was on fire.Witnesses reported storm victims being pulled from the rubble, and storm chasers were requesting ambulances respond to the town to help the injured. Emfinger said the smell of gas was prevalent, and people were using their hands to dig through the debris.
"There were other significant structures along its path all the way through town that are damaged," Emfinger said. "It's a pretty unfortunate and serious situation here in Perryton right now.""It looks like a bomb had gone off," she said. "The residential areas, the mobile homes, are just gone. There’s severe devastation."
Thursday's tornadoes come as part of a multiday severe weather threat across the southern U.S. Thursday's severe weather threat was a Level 4 out of 5 on the Storm Prediction Center's scale. has been issued for major cities like Dallas and Oklahoma City through the evening hours. The severe weather threat doesn't end Thursday, with more severe storms expected Friday in some of the same areas.
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