PERRYTON, Texas — A tornado ripped through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton on Thursday, causing widespread damage as another in a series of fierce storms carved its way through
PERRYTON, Texas — A tornado ripped through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton on Thursday, killing one, injuring dozens and causing widespread damage as another in a series of fierce storms carved its way through the South.
“I had seen the tornado do some pretty serious destruction to the industrial part of town,” he said. “Unfortunately, just west of there, there is just mobile home, after mobile home, after mobile home that is completely destroyed. There is significant damage.” The hospital also said an American Red Cross shelter had been set up at the Ochiltree County Expo Center.
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