Tornado devastates Texas town on sixth straight day of severe storms
Yahoo • • general
Key Points:
- A tornado struck Mineral Wells, Texas, on Tuesday evening, causing EF2 damage with winds up to 120 mph, injuring several people but causing no fatalities; five were hospitalized, with others treated for minor injuries on site.
- The tornado severely damaged two to three miles of the city, including residential and industrial areas, impacting major employers and prompting a disaster declaration and curfew in the affected zone.
- The severe storm outbreak also produced large hail in Texas and Missouri, damaged Springfield’s Dickerson Park Zoo, and caused tornado and wind damage in Oklahoma and Illinois, with no reported deaths in those areas.
- Earlier storms in the week included a deadly tree fall in Michigan due to high winds and a violent EF4 tornado in Enid, Oklahoma, with winds up to 175 mph, injuring at least 10 people but causing no deaths.
- The cold front responsible for the severe weather is moving east, expected to bring calmer conditions and beneficial rain to drought-stricken southern states, though isolated severe storms remain possible in parts of the South and Mid-Atlantic.
