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Over 100 million Americans at risk of severe storms and tornadoes: Live updates

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9:38 a.m. ET, May 26, 2024

At least five dead after tornado-related storms in Texas and Oklahoma

By CNN’s Dalia Faheid, Paradise Afshar and Ashley R. Williams



This screenshot from a CNN partner video shows storm damage on May 26 in Sanger, Texas.

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At least five people, including children, were killed when a suspected tornado struck Texas overnight. Severe storms caused power outages across the central United States over the Memorial Day weekend and forced people to seek shelter from the cold.

The five deaths were reported in Cooke County, Texas, three of them in one household, Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington told CNN Sunday morning. Two children in the area were reported missing and are still missing as of Sunday morning.

More than 110 million people across much of the United States are at risk of heavy hail, damaging winds and violent tornadoes on Sunday, especially in the river valleys of the middle Mississippi and the Ohio and Tennessee rivers.

As the storms move east, the Storm Prediction Center warned of “violent tornadoes, extreme hail and corridors of widespread storm damage.”

At a Shell gas station, 60 to 80 people were trapped until the storm passed, Sappington said. Several injuries were reported at the gas station, but none were in critical condition, he added.

Many vehicles were damaged and destroyed, leaving about 40 people stranded. They were transported by bus to another gas station in Gainesville, where they were picked up by family members.

Damage in other locations: In the North Denton County, TexasA possible tornado injured an unknown number of people, damaged several homes, overturned semi-trailers, toppled trees and destroyed power lines on Saturday night, authorities said early Sunday.

Damage to several houses was also reported in the neighboring town. Celina.

Across state lines, officials said a possible tornado was Oklahoma City, OklahomaPower lines and trees were torn down and houses damaged. In the city ClaremoreOfficials said there was “major damage” and that large parts of the city would experience power outages “for an extended period of time.”

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