![]() ![]() There was no immediate word on the tornado’s size or wind speeds, meteorologist Luigi Meccariello said.Ībout 475,000 customers were without electricity in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma as of Friday morning, according to the website. ![]() “Unfortunately, just west of there, there is just mobile home, after mobile home, after mobile home that is completely destroyed.” “I had seen the tornado do some pretty serious destruction to the industrial part of town,” he said. ![]() Storm chaser Brian Emfinger told Fox Weather that he watched the twister move through a mobile home park, mangling trailers and uprooting trees. Friday because of downed power lines and other dangers that might not be visible in the dark. The Ochiltree County Sheriff’s Department said it would enforce a curfew from midnight to 6 a.m. Mobile homes were ripped apart and pickup trucks with shattered windshield were slammed against mounds of rubble in residential areas. Dutcher said at least 30 trailers were damaged or destroyed.įirst responders from surrounding towns and cities and from neighboring Oklahoma descended on the town, which is home to more than 8,000 people and about 115 miles (185 kilometers) northeast of Amarillo, just south of the Oklahoma line. Perryton Fire Chief Paul Dutcher said three people were killed, including at least one person who died in a mobile home park that took a “direct hit” from a tornado. Local officials said Thursday night that two people were missing. The National Weather Service in Amarillo confirmed that a tornado hit the area shortly after 5 p.m. PERRYTON, Texas (AP) - A tornado tore through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton, killing three people, injuring dozens more and causing widespread damage as another series of fierce storms carved its way through Southern states. By DAVID ERICKSON and ROBERT JABLON (Associated Press) ![]()
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