WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Fast-moving storms with strong winds, large hail and apparent tornadoes swept Oklahoma and Kansas, blowing roofs off homes and blocking roads with toppled trees and downed power lines. Meanwhile, Houston made progress in recovering from last week’s deadly storms. Nearly 20 homes were damaged in western Oklahoma’s Custer County, with two people injured in Butler, state emergency officials said late Sunday. Damage to a nursing home was reported in the town of Hydro. Wind gusts well over 60 mph (about 100 kph) were reported in many areas as the storms, which began Sunday afternoon and lasted through the night, moved eastward. In central Kansas, a 100 mph (160 kph) wind gust was reported at the airport in Salina, the National Weather Service said. Overturned semitrailer trucks were reported in Newton and Sedgwick counties, the office said. |
Chaldean patriarch returns to Baghdad after nine months of selfChina is surging equipment sales to Russia to help war effort in Ukraine, US intelligence findsTogo bans protests over a canceled presidential election as tensions riseNikki Haley beats Donald Trump in Washington DC for first primary victoryHow O.J. Simpson burned the Ford Bronco into America's collective memoryMaryland program to help Port of Baltimore businesses retain employees beginsJudge orders exArizona revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. A look at the issue in other statesA Palestinian is killed as Israeli settlers rampage in his village and troops fire on stoneUruguayan singer