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An extended period of tornado activity occurred between April 20–27, 2007. The outbreak sequence is best known for producing a deadly tornado that struck the border cities of Piedras Negras, Coahuila (rated F4), and Eagle Pass, Texas (rated EF3), along the United States-Mexican border on April 24, 2007, killing ten people.
Other fatalities were reported south of Rankin, south of Bardwell and near Ensign. This tornado was on the ground for 35 miles and was 500 yd (457 m) wide. A second tornado touched down in southern Texas, destroying homes of Mexican tenant workers near Kenedy, Runge and Nordheim, killing 36. Both tornadoes were later rated F4. Grazulis
The same tornado then crossed the international border into the United States and caused EF3 damage in Eagle Pass, Texas, killing three more people. [56] Isolated tornadic activity occurred on April 25, but a non-tornadic fatality occurred in Lake Village, Arkansas when 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) winds capsized a boat on Lake Chicot. [57]
Cleanup is now underway, after devastating tornadoes hit Texas on Thursday night. At least four people have died and dozens injured after storms ripped through the South. Tornadoes wreak havoc in ...
Since 1950, there have been more than 9,700 tornadoes in Texas, killing hundreds and leaving behind billions of dollars worth of damage. On March 21, 2022, a tornado tore through Round Rock ...
The Texas panhandle town of Perryton was struck by one or more tornadoes, causing fatalities, the mayor said, as images from the ground showed much of the town left in rubble by the twister and ...
In addition to tornadoes, large hail was reported, peaking at 4 in (10 cm) in diameter near Mineral Wells, Texas on May 15. The EF4 tornado in Hood County, Texas, accounted for all six deaths caused by the severe storms, making it the first deadly tornado event in Texas since the 2007 Piedras Negras-Eagle Pass tornadoes. [2]
A tornado ripped through central Texas on Wednesday evening, causing huge damage and destroying homes, as forecasters warn of a potentially record-breaking heat wave in the state.