Thursday, April 23, 2020

The deadly spring. The bodies of severe climate are adding up.

April 22, 2020
By Doyle Rice and Jessica Flores

Current weather pattern (click here) The storm system slowed and formed a vortex which increased it's surface wind speed.

At least five people were killed (click here) when severe storms ripped through southern states Wednesday night, after weeks of extreme weather that killed more than two-dozen people and destroyed hundreds of homes.

A tornado in Marshall County, Oklahoma killed one person and damaged at least two businesses.

Robert Chaney, Marshall County Emergency Management Director, said the person's body was found near J&I Manufacturing, a trailer factory about six miles southwest of Madill where the storm hit the Oklahoma Steel and Wire plant.

At least three people were killed when apparent tornado in southeast Texas touched down about 6 p.m. near Onalaska, about 75 miles north of Houston, the Polk County Emergency Management System said in a statement....