At least 7 dead and dozens injured after tornadoes, floods hit the South

At least seven people were killed and dozens injured Saturday after tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and floods ripped Texas, Missouri and Arkansas, as well as parts of the Midwest. In east Texas, the National Weather Service confirmed that at least three tornadoes swept through Henderson, Van Zandt and Rains counties, covering an area about 60 miles…

Five people killed in Texas as flooding and tornadoes batter Midwest

A grandmother and four of her grandchildren were killed in floods in Texas caused by a storm system that unleashed tornadoes, damaging hail and torrential rains on several central U.S. states, officials said on Saturday. The flood victims in Palestine, Texas, 100 miles (160 km)southeast of Dallas, escaped a house where flood waters had reached…