Tornados rip through Texas with damaging winds, leaving 92K without power

More than 92,000 customers in Texas were left without power on Friday following damaging storms that tore through the state and Louisiana on Thursday night.

, overturning four 18-wheelers – with authorities reporting only minor injuries – allowing U.S. Highway 75 in Texas and leading to the cancelations of hundreds of flights into and out of the Dallas area.

Tracker FlightAware.com showed 36 cancelations at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Friday. Some Dallas-Fort Worth area school districts canceled after-school activities due to the forecast and the suburb of Richardson asked residents to stop using water after the storm knocked out power to pumping stations."Water is currently in city water storage facilities, but will run out if all customers do not immediately cease use of water, except for emergency needs only," Richardson officials said in a statement.Julia Musto is a reporter for Fox News and Fox Business Digital.

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