Deadly run of storms extends with systems in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas Slammed in Holiday Week Storms
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Deadly run of storms extends with systems in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma while planting weather returns with less rain in Grain Belt.
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At least 22 people were killed over the Memorial Day weekend in storms across parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. The hardest hit was an area from Dallas to northwest Arkansas.
Hundreds of homes in this part of Cooke County, Texas were destroyed as homes, out buildings and even a marina took direct hits.
This grain bin in Pyatt, Arkansas was in the path of the storm that also destroyed nearby homes.
Justin Hurst/Pyatt, Arkansas: "We felt it hit the house and just felt it started sucking air up through the, through the walls and the windows. I heard the roof go. I started worrying about my brother because, of course, his house was out here in the middle of it all."
Another round of weather came through Dallas on Tuesday knocking out power to more than 1 million business and residential customers
The rain has mostly moved into more normal patterns except for parts of Kentucky and Texas.
This week’s Drought Monitor, again, showed improvement as storms from the Lone Star State to New York helped reduce dry conditions. The snapshot has improved twenty points since the end of February.
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