Tornadoes, Floods Across US Kill Over 40

Three other deaths were reported in the Dallas metropolitan area, the United States’ fourth most populous with about 7 million people.

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said in a statement Friday night that there were reports of another death and another person missing.

Texas and Oklahoma are also readying for a potentially “historic” blizzard that could bring more than a foot of snow through Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Some parts of the Panhandle could see as many as 14 inches (356 millimeters) of snow, with sub-zero wind chills and accumulating ice.

“This is a huge impact on our community and we’re all suffering”, he said.

“Until they know for sure where those folks are, they’re going to keep looking, because we’ve had in some cases houses leveled, and they’re just not there anymore”, Flynn said.

Stephanie Parker is the emergency manager for Ellis County, which is about 30 miles south of Dallas.

Natalie Guzman, 33, took photos of her family’s home in a Garland neighborhood. “Please do not get out on the roads if you do not have to”.

National Weather Service Meteorologist Anthony Bain in Fort Worth said several tornadoes touched down in the Dallas area, although the full extent of damage would not be known until daylight Sunday. No other details of damage were immediately available. Scores of people were injured in the region, officials said. A tornado is reported to have gone through the suburb east of Dallas, damaging several homes.

More than 400 homes were affected, he said. But she has perspective – of the 10 MS residents who were killed in the last week, six of them were her neighbors. “I just laid down and just kept praying”.

Tornadoes are still possible, with severe storms predicted for Sunday night through Monday. Isolated tornadoes are possible.

The flooding is the result of heavy downpours that have been thrashing the southeastern US since Wednesday, bringing record rainfalls in some areas. Four inches of rain walloped Mobile, Ala., on Wednesday.

The Texas tornadoes followed days of tumultuous weather in the Southeast including unusual winter tornadoes that left 18 people dead there over the Christmas holiday period.

On Friday, parts of MS remained under a flood warning.

The previous record high for December 26 was 73 degrees. The occupants had to be rescued by the fire department.

As the rain continued to fall, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley on Friday issued an emergency declaration that covers any part of the state experiencing flash flooding. In addition, flooding left 50 homes uninhabitable and closed 40 roads in Monroe County, which got 10 to 12 inches of rain, he said.

Among the dead were eight people from MS, including a seven-year-old boy who perished while riding in a vehicle that was swept up and tossed by storm winds. Authorities are still searching for a 22-year-old man who was in the auto with the boy. ‘By issuing a State of Emergency, I have directed all state agencies to take necessary actions to be prepared to respond to the anticipated flooding across Alabama.

A tornado touched down near Birmingham, Alabama, Friday afternoon and destroyed several houses, though no one was killed.

Southern states were still cleaning up from tornadoes earlier this week that killed at least 15 people in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi.