Large storm brings twisters, floods – and it’s not over yet

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“American and its employees stand ready to assist in the recovery efforts and we encourage our customers to join us by donating to the Red Cross”, said Joe Taney, American’s vice president for Dallas-Fort Worth Hub Operations. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a statement Sunday evening that damage figures could change. Rowlett has a 24-hour curfew in the affected areas.

Matt Dinger reports eight people suffered weather-related injuries. About 6,000 homes were without power Sunday morning.

In central Missouri, eight have died in Saturday flooding incidents, officials said. Crews will continue their work Monday.

Porras’s family said she was on her way home on I-30 when the tornado hit her SUV. Two tornadoes have been confirmed in Collin County – including an EF2 tornado near Copeville and an EF0 tornado near Blue Ridge.

But in west Texas into central New Mexico, snow drifts towered over ten feet high.

Governor Abbott has declared four north Texas counties to be disaster areas.

More than 200 flights were canceled when the Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for the Dallas International Airport on Sunday.

In Garland, more than 1,000 homes were damaged. City officials said this was only the second time since 1950 that such a powerful twister struck the area. “We will rebuild and we will become stronger as a community”.

In Arkansas, officials said it appeared a tornado had touched down in Bearden, tearing roofs off buildings and uprooting trees. Fifteen people were hurt and 600 structures were damaged. The bodies of the other two soldiers were found Sunday morning. Garland Animal Services employees are taking lost pets to the city shelter at 600 Tower Street. But Lt. Havey said there had not been any reports of missing people.

In the town of Rowlett near Garland, police spokesman Det.

The National Service says there was a tornado south of Dallas.

Stories like that were told all over northeast Dallas County on Sunday. Stephanie Parker, the emergency manager for Ellis County, posted on Twitter: “We have destroyed and damaged homes”. That made roads impassable in several counties, Gov. Susana Martinez’s office said. Nearby, Harvest of Praise Ministry was also damaged. “Be prayerful”, Taylor said.

The tornado-hit areas of Alabama and MS will get another round of rain on Monday night, Duffey said.

Parts of Texas were experiencing extreme swings in the weather.

Conditions are especially perilous in places unused to heavy snowfall such as New Mexico, where urban areas lack snow removal equipment, and few drivers are experienced at driving safely in snow and ice.

In the Dallas suburbs of Garland and Rowlett, a day of checking out the rubble has only brought the full horror of Saturday’s tornado swarm to light.

“This is really going to be an epic snow in Texas”, Wiley told USA TODAY.

In other parts of the nation, severe weather already has claimed several lives. The slushy deluge of Sunday is expected to turn to snow by Monday, possibly with ice accumulation.

Tennessee rescue workers on Monday found three people – ages 22, 69 and 70 – dead, bringing the death toll from torrential rains in the southeastern United States there to 19, Texas newspaper The Houston Chronicle reported. Lubbock tallied 8.8 inches of snow and whiteout conditions also impacted Amarillo and Midland/Odessa.