As the South prepares for additional potentially deadly storms, millions of people are at risk of severe winds, powerful tornadoes, and hail on Saturday.
Over the previous few days, numerous tornadoes have been reported in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi. On Friday, an EF1 tornado with speeds of 86 to 110 mph was recorded close to Fullerton, Louisiana.
Five tornadoes were reported in Texas on Thursday by the National Weather Service, including one EF1 in the Houston region that damaged some homes structurally.
The storm danger was reaffirmed on Saturday, with the line of storms moving eastward and posing a risk of tornadoes, damaging winds, and hail into the night. Flash floods could potentially occur locally.
A tornado in Brazoria County, Texas, killed one person and injured four others, according to the sheriff’s office on Saturday. The victim’s identify and other information surrounding the death were not disclosed by the office.
Malary White of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said on Saturday that one person has passed away in the city of Natchez, Mississippi. Although the exact cause of death is unknown, local storms were a contributing factor.
Highway 124 in Texas will be closed for a day or two owing to downed power lines and other tornado-related damage, according to the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office.
According to Jason Smith, deputy chief of staff in the office of County Judge Mark J. Keough, another tornado in east Montgomery County caused “extensive damage,” including to a fire station, but no fatalities and only minor injuries were reported.
The East Montgomery County Fire Department acknowledged that the twister had damaged their station.
“Despite the challenges, we remain fully operational and committed to serving our community,” the fire department stated in a statement released on Saturday. The statement also mentioned that a generator provides power to the firehouse.
An extra 24 million people from east Alabama to Virginia are at a slight danger of experiencing severe weather as this line of storms moves eastward by Sunday. There is a possibility of further tornadoes, destructive wind gusts, and huge hail in Atlanta, Charlotte, and Raleigh.
As of 10:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, FlightAware.com reports that over 9,500 flights have been delayed and 452 have been canceled within, into, or out of the United States due to the severe weather.
According to FlightAware, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport has more than 1,110 delays, with the majority occurring into and out of the airport. As of Saturday evening, there had been 151 aircraft cancellations into and out of Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, the highest of any airport.
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