Three people have been killed and dozens injured in an incident that saw a tornado rip through Perryton, Texas in the United States (US).
The US National Weather Service in Texas’ city of Amarillo confirmed that the tornado hit the area on the afternoon of Thursday, June 15, 2023.
Perryton’s Fire Chief, Paul Dutcher disclosed that three people were killed as a result of the storm. He further said at least 30 trailers were damaged or destroyed and firefighters were rescuing people from the rubble.
“I had seen the tornado do some pretty serious destruction to the industrial part of town, unfortunately, just west of there, there is just mobile home after mobile home after mobile home that is completely destroyed. There is significant damage,” a storm chaser, Brian Emfinger said.
Nearly 50,000 customers were without electricity in Texas, extending to Oklahoma after the event of the storm, as the weather front was moving southeast across Oklahoma in the evening of the incident.
The weather service has said a second round of storms would continue to move through that state and parts of Texas through the evening while the risk of severe weather, including tornados, remained for the metropolitan Oklahoma City area.
