Two dead and six injured as tornadoes tear through parts of Texas and Mississippi
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The storm is heading east after having a devestating impact on parts of Texas and Mississippi. A strong storm system threatened to whip up tornadoes in parts of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, a day after severe weather claimed at least two lives as twisters touched down in Texas and Mississippi.
![[Metal roofing sheets are seen on trees after strong thunderstorms pass through the Greater Houston region.]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/29/14/AP24363806942338.jpg)
Strong storms moving across the Southeast are expected to continue producing "gusty, damaging winds," hail and tornadoes through Sunday, National Weather Service meteorologist Frank Pereira said. So far, the line of severe weather has led to about 40 tornado reports from southeastern Texas to Alabama, Pereira said, but those reports remain unconfirmed until surveys of damage are completed.
"It's not unheard of but it is fairly uncommon to have a severe weather outbreak of this magnitude this late in the year," he said. The storms will continue to slide east until they eventually move offshore, meaning severe weather risks will dwindle into Sunday evening.
On Saturday, one person died in the Liverpool area, located south of Houston, Texas. Four people suffered injuries that were not considered critical, according to Madison Polston of the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office. There were "multiple touchdown points" in the county between Liverpool, Hillcrest Village and Alvin. Officials knew of around 10 damaged homes but were working to determine the extent of the damage, Polston said.
