Tornado devastates Texas town on sixth straight day of severe storms
Yahoo • • nation
Key Points:
- A tornado struck Mineral Wells, Texas, Tuesday evening, injuring several people and damaging homes and industrial areas; two were hospitalized, but no deaths or missing persons have been reported.
- Severe storms also caused massive hail in Texas and Missouri, damaging vehicles, power poles, and Springfield's Dickerson Park Zoo, where an emu was killed and a rhea injured.
- A Level 3 severe thunderstorm risk remains for parts of Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, with ongoing threats of damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes through early Wednesday.
- Recent severe weather has caused widespread damage across the Midwest, including tornadoes in Illinois and Arkansas, strong winds causing fatalities and property damage in Michigan and Wisconsin, and a deadly EF4 tornado in Enid, Oklahoma last week.
- The cold front responsible for the severe weather is moving eastward, bringing cooler, calmer conditions and beneficial rain to drought-stricken southern states.
