4 Dead, 10 Injured As Powerful Tornado Strikes Texas
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On Thursday, more than 220,000 people were without power, according to Poweroutage.us, which tracks power outages across the country.
A powerful tornado left at least four people dead and ten injured in the southern US state of Texas, where officials and residents were already grappling with a heat wave.
"The town of Matador has experienced an unprecedented tornado bringing damaging winds," the fire service in the neighboring city of Lubbock said in a statement posted to Twitter Thursday.
"There are four confirmed fatalities & ten total injuries," it said.
The statement said that given the high temperatures, the city had opened a cooling center for residents. Matador, with a population of about 600, is the main city in Motley County in north Texas.
