The worst damage in a line of tornadoes was seen in Matador, a town northeast of Lubbock in Motley County.
A line of severe storms spawned several tornadoes in the Rolling Plains of the US state of Texas, killing at least three people and causing extensive damage around the northern town of Matador.
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported Wednesday’s storms also produced softball-size hail and wind gusts topping 161 kilometers per hour (100 miles per hour) in other communities, including Jayton, which is under also in the tornado warning as the line moved southeast. Wednesday night.
Matador Mayor Pat Smith said at least three people were killed, that others may have been injured and that there was “a lot of damage”, The New York Times reported.
There are widespread power outages throughout the Rolling Plains.
The worst damage was seen in Matador – a town of about 570 people 112km (70 miles) northeast of Lubbock in Motley County.
Wednesday’s tornado outbreak came six days after a tornado left three people dead and more than 100 injured in Perryton in the north Texas Panhandle.
