Cleanup efforts continued Friday after severe storms spawned tornadoes that left at least four dead, three in Texas and one in Florida as another series of fierce storms carved its way through Southern states.
“It is such a tragedy,” Dutcher said. “All the stuff behind me, it can all be rebuilt, but those lives that we’ve lost is really the tragedy of everything,” the fire chief said while standing in front of a collapsed building and a pile of bricks and other debris covered the ground, partially burying a truck.
“We are probably one of the only places with power in the county, thanks to our generator,” Bouchard said. The greatest chance of strong and severe storms are on the Oklahoma side with golf ball-size hail and 60 mph wind gusts, Muscha said, although noting the environment is not as favorable for severe storms Friday.
After hitting Perryton, the storm system moved into Oklahoma, spawning several more suspected twisters in addition to high winds and large hail. About 475,000 customers were without electricity in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma as of Friday morning, according to the poweroutage.us website.
In West Pensacola, flash floodwaters surrounded an apartment complex, prompting officials to evacuate the building of all 146 residents, using boats to remove some, and take them to a local community center, said Davis Wood, public information officer for Escambia County Public Safety.The storm system also brought hail and possible tornados to northwestern Ohio.
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