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A4 U.S. NEWS
Wednesday 23 March 2022
Storms tear into Texas, Oklahoma then move into Deep South

By ACACIA CORONADO downed power lines as
and JILL BLEED they worked to clean the
Associated Press/ Report remnants of broken ceil-
for America ings, torn down walls and
ELGIN, Texas (AP) — One damaged cars.
person was killed and J.D. Harkins, 59, said he saw
more than a dozen were two tornadoes pass by his
injured when tornadoes Elgin home.
tore through parts of Texas “There used to be a barn
and Oklahoma damaging there,” Harkins said, point-
a school, homes and busi- ing to an empty plot on his
nesses, before the storm uncle’s property covered
system continued its de- with scattered debris. He
structive path Tuesday into said the building was emp-
Louisiana and Mississippi. ty when the first tornado hit
High winds uprooted trees Monday, and that his fam-
in Ridgeland, Mississippi, as ily is thankful nobody was
a possible tornado passed hurt.
the Jackson-area city Tues- “It was crystal clear, well
day afternoon, but there defined,” Harkins said. “And
were no immediate reports then one went up and an-
of any injuries or serious other one came down.”
damage to buildings. Cam- Debris litters the ground surrounding homes, damaged by a tornado, on Oxford Drive and Stratford The tornadoes came on a
pus police at Mississippi Drive in Round Rock, Texas Monday, March 21, 2022. Associated Press wild weather day in Texas
State University, in Starkville, — wildfires burned in the
shared a photo of a large while the storms traveled dicted intense tornadoes stand the expected weath- west and a blizzard warn-
hardwood tree lying across through. and damaging winds, er. More than 8,000 house- ing was issued for the Texas
a street. High water posed a threat some hurricane-force with holds live in such temporary Panhandle, where up to 9
Forecasters issued multiple to motorists early Tuesday speeds of 75 mph (120 kph) quarters, officials said. inches (23 centimeters) of
tornado warnings for the in Louisiana on several or greater, in much of Mis- In Texas, several tornadoes snow fell.
state, and alerts spread roads, including a stretch sissippi, southern and east- were reported Monday “There’s absolutely nothing
into Alabama as the line of Interstate 20 and several ern Louisiana, and western along the Interstate 35 cor- out of the ordinary in terms
of storms moved eastward. state highways after rains Alabama. Baton Rouge, ridor, particularly in the Aus- of what we saw yesterday
More than 90,000 homes overnight, authorities said. Louisiana, and Jackson, tin suburbs of Round Rock and we see today,” said
and businesses were left Deputies in Caddo Par- Mississippi, were among the and Elgin, and close to Dal- Victor Gensini, a meteorol-
without power from Texas ish, which includes Shreve- cities at risk for bad weath- las-Fort Worth. Two uncon- ogy professor at Northern Il-
to Mississippi. port, rescued three drivers er. firmed tornadoes caused linois University, who studies
Many schools were closing from high waters during Louisiana’s federal and damage in the Lake Texo- severe storms. It’s the time
early or cancelling after- the night, the sheriff’s office state authorities reminded ma area of northern Texas of year when tornadoes
school activities Tuesday tweeted before dawn. thousands of hurricane sur- and southern Oklahoma. and storms are to be ex-
in parts of Louisiana and The storms were expected vivors living in government- In Elgin, broken trees lined pected and there are usu-
Mississippi to allow students to intensify throughout the provided mobile homes the rural roads and pieces ally more during years with
to get home before the day as temperatures rise, and recreational vehicle of metal — uprooted by a La Nina, a natural cooling
weather deteriorated. Shel- increasing the threat of trailers to have an evacu- strong winds hung from of parts of the Pacific that
ters opened for residents tornadoes, hail and strong ation plan because the the branches. Residents alters weather across the
who need a place to stay winds. Forecasters pre- structures might not with- stepped carefully to avoid globe, he said.q

Woman’s arm severed in deadly

carjacking; 4 teens arrested

her arm severed after she district attorney’s office,” you’re dragging a lady.’
was dragged a block by Ferguson said at a Tuesday Other neighbors were also
her own car while neigh- morning news conference. screaming at them.”
bors looked on helplessly, “I would say absolutely, I A tearful Leanne Mascar
officials said Tuesday. encourage, I will ask, that and her husband Mark
Police chief Shaun Ferguson they be charged as adults. Mascar tried to comfort
said tips led to the arrests of ... I mean, look at the na- the victim as she died at
the teens — a 17-year-old ture of the crime.” the scene. “I was telling this
boy, a 16-year-old girl and Ferguson confirmed that woman to hang in there,”
two 15-year-old girls — in Linda Frickey died after she Mark Mascar told the TV
the hours after the Mon- become entangled in a station. “Every time I heard
day afternoon carjacking. seatbelt as carjackers sped a siren, I was hoping and
Members of the New Orleans Police Department investigate Two were turned in by their away with her vehicle. praying that was an ambu-
a carjacking scene on N. Pierce St. that resulted in an elderly parents. All face second- “The door had closed lance.” On Tuesday morn-
woman’s death in New Orleans, La., Monday, March 21, 2022. degree murder charges, on the seatbelt, but she ing, Ferguson credited the
Associated Press and Ferguson said he will was stuck in it,” resident arrests to police working
By KEVIN McGILL charges in connection with recommend that they be Todd Ecker told WVUE- throughout the night and
Associated Press a carjacking that left a charged as adults TV on Monday. “I got out information from a variety
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Four 73-year-old woman dying “That’s a conversation that of my vehicle, scream- of sources, including two
teenagers face murder on a New Orleans street, my team will have with the ing for them, ‘Please stop, suspects’ parents.q