At least 50 homes destroyed as tornadoes rip through Texas and Oklahoma

Tornadoes ripped through elements of (*50*) and Oklahoma, destroying and damaging dozens of homes and injuring at least 10 individuals Friday, officers mentioned.

Two individuals had been in “critical but stable,” situation, an announcement posted to the Facebook web page of the Lamar County Sheriff’s Office in northern (*50*) mentioned.

Around “50 homes are damaged or destroyed” within the county, the assertion mentioned, including that “over the next several days there will be multiple State and Local Agencies here to assess, evaluate and clean up damage.”

Craig Holcomb, of Midcity in Lamar County, informed NBC Dallas-Fort Worth on Friday that he might see the particles flying from a twister. He mentioned that he and his spouse took cowl in a bath.

“I make fun of people, always talking about the train noise, but it sounded just like it,” he mentioned “All you could hear was a loud whistle and I saw debris flying everywhere.”

Across (*50*)’ northern border in Oklahoma, Tornadoes hit onerous in McCurtain County within the southeastern nook of the state.

The small city of Idabel noticed a church, medical heart and college torn aside, in keeping with the Associated Press. Also hit onerous was the Texan city Powderly, about 45 miles west of Idabel and about 120 miles northeast of Dallas, the AP reported.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt tweeted that search-and-rescue groups and mills had been being despatched to the Idabel space. “Praying for Oklahomans impacted by today’s tornadoes,” he added.

Keli Cain of the Oklahoma Emergency Management Office mentioned at least three different counties had been additionally hit by storms, with flash flooding in some areas.

The National Weather Service mentioned tornadoes additionally had been reported Arkansas and a storm system was heading towards Louisiana.

There had been 17 reviews of tornadoes in northeastern (*50*), southeastern Oklahoma, and Arkansas late Friday, in keeping with the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center. Storm surveys are sometimes carried out to substantiate whether or not tornadoes touched down.

Associated Press contributed.