{"id":2253408,"date":"2024-05-26T14:46:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T18:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-11-dead-including-children-after-powerful-storms-sweep-heartland\/"},"modified":"2024-05-26T14:48:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T18:48:43","slug":"at-least-11-dead-including-children-after-powerful-storms-sweep-heartland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-11-dead-including-children-after-powerful-storms-sweep-heartland\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerful storms sweep Heartland, causing at least 11 fatalities, including children"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fat-least-11-dead-including-children-after-powerful-storms-sweep-heartland%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2253408&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On May 26,\u200b 2024, intense storms across Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas resulted in at \u200dleast 11\u2064 deaths and widespread destruction. Seven of the \u2062fatalities occurred \u200din Cooke County, Texas,\u200b following a tornado that caused damages and power outages in the region. \u2064Two of the\u2062 deceased were children. In Arkansas, two individuals \u200bwere confirmed dead. The severe weather, which officials \u200cbelieve to be worsened\u200b by climate change,\u2063 adds to a series of deadly storms\u2064 affecting \u2062the central U.S. The storms \u2063also disrupted a wedding in Oklahoma, damaged\u2062 homes, and led to severe injuries, highlighting the ongoing threat of such natural \u200bdisasters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/%20\"><span>The Associated Press<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 26, 2024 at 7:21am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Powerful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/severe-multi-day-thunderstorms-set-roll-millions-americans-week-prepare-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">storms<\/a> killed at least 11 people and left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-farm-worker-infected-bird-flu-none-typical-influenza-signs-instead-showed-one-disturbing-symptom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a>, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where drivers took shelter during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Seven deaths were reported in Cooke County, Texas, near the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mysterious-object-spotted-oklahoma-city-night-sky-local-news-cant-even-get-bottom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oklahoma<\/a> border, where a tornado Saturday night plowed through a rural area near a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-cuban-purchases-deserted-texas-town-to-help-out-a-friend\/\" title=\"Mark Cuban Purchases Deserted Texas Town 'to Help out a Friend'\">mobile home park<\/a>, officials said. Storms also caused damage in Oklahoma, where guests at an outdoor wedding were injured. Tens of thousands of residents were without power across the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just a trail of debris left. The devastation is pretty severe,\u201d Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>The dead included two children, ages 2 and 5, the sheriff said. Storms also destroyed a nearby truck stop where dozens of people had rushed to take shelter.<\/p>\n<p>The dead in Texas included three family members who were found in one home near the small community of Valley View, Sappington said.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said multiple people were transported to hospitals by ambulance and helicopter in the Texas county of Denton, but they did not immediately know the full extent of the injuries.<\/p>\n<p>At least two people were reported killed in Arkansas, including a 26-year-old woman who was found dead outside a destroyed home in Olvey, a small community in Boone County, according to Daniel Bolen, with the county\u2019s Office of Emergency Management.<\/p>\n<p>Another person died in Benton County, Arkansas. Melody Kwok, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pinal-county-election-debacle-shows-election-officials-have-much-to-learn-before-november\/\" title=\"Pinal County Election Debacle Shows Election Officials Have Much to Learn Before November\">county communications director<\/a>, said multiple other people were injured and that emergency workers were still responding to calls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are still on search and rescue right now,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is a very active situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Have you ever witnessed a tornado?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Officials also confirmed two deaths in Mayes County, Oklahoma. Details about the dead were not immediately available, said Mike Dunham, the county\u2019s deputy director of emergency management.<\/p>\n<p>The destruction continued a grim month of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evacuations-ordered-after-severe-weather-event-in-us-one-dead-after-being-overwhelmed-by-the-force-of-it\/\" title=\"US Evacuations Ordered After Deadly Severe Weather\">deadly severe weather<\/a> in the nation\u2019s midsection.<\/p>\n<p>Tornadoes in Iowa this week left <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/severe-weather-midwest-iowa-tornadoes-26c73e14ab481ef77a1b0606a2b10adc\">at least five people dead<\/a> and dozens injured. The deadly twisters have spawned during a historically bad season for tornadoes, at a time when <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/environment\">climate change<\/a> contributes to the severity of storms around the world. April had the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSSPC\/status\/1786147051090428273\">second-highest number of tornadoes<\/a> on record in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In Texas, a tornado crossed into Denton County, north of Dallas, overturning tractor-trailers and halting traffic on Interstate 35, county spokesperson Dawn Cobb said. A shelter was opened in the rural town of Sanger.<\/p>\n<p>Sappington said at least 60 to 80 people were inside a highway truck stop, some of them seeking shelter, when the storm barreled through, but there were no serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Daybreak began to reveal the full scope of the devastation. Aerial footage showed dozens of damaged homes, including many without roofs and others reduced to rubble.<\/p>\n<p>Residents woke up to overturned cars and collapsed garages. Some residents could be seen pacing around and sorting through scraps of wood, assessing the damage. Nearby, neighbors sat on the foundation of a wrecked home.<\/p>\n<p>At the height of the storms, more than 24,000 homes and businesses lost power in Oklahoma, according to the state Office of Emergency Management. The agency also reported extensive damage from baseball-sized hail and multiple injuries at an outdoor wedding that was being held in rural Woods County.<\/p>\n<p>Meteorologists and authorities issued urgent warnings to seek cover as the storms marched across the region overnight. \u201cIf you are in the path of this storm take cover now!\u201d the National Weather Service office in Norman posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>In Texas, the Denton Fire Department posted on social media that emergency crews near Dallas were responding to a marina \u201cfor multiple victims, some reported trapped.\u201d Inaccessible roads and downed power lines in Oklahoma also led officials in the town of Claremore, near Tulsa, to announce on social media that the city was \u201cshut down\u201d due to the damage.<\/p>\n<p>April and May have been a busy month for tornadoes, especially in the Midwest. Iowa was hit hard last week, when a deadly twister <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/severe-weather-midwest-iowa-tornadoes-0c8fb42453cdac5a7e0ec7e193071e6d\">devastated Greenfield<\/a>. Other storms brought flooding and wind damage elsewhere in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The system causing the latest severe weather was expected to move east over the rest of the Memorial Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The start of the Indianapolis 500 was expected to be delayed as a strong storm pushed into the area, forcing Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials to evacuate about 125,000 race fans who had already.<\/p>\n<p>The video boards inside the speedway flashed that a severe thunderstorm warning was in effect as the band of rain, along with dangerous wind and lightning, approached from the west.<\/p>\n<p>More severe storms were predicted in Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>The risk of severe weather moves into North Carolina and Virginia on Monday, forecasters said.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div id=\"author-info-44902\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44902\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44902\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44902\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44902\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Associated Press is an independent, not-for-profit news cooperative headquartered in New York City. 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