(NEWSnet/AP) – Residents of Arkansas and Texas are continuing cleanup efforts from recent tornadoes and other severe weather; with Arkansas officials filing an application for federal assistance.

Here are some of the latest reports about the 2024 tornado season across the U.S.:

Storms in Arkansas

 

The National Weather Service bureau in Little Rock said it is collecting data on six confirmed tornadoes from Sunday; and survey teams will be back in northern Arkansas Thursday to look over damage sites.

One of the storms traveled for about 21 miles in Boone and Marion counties, and had a width at one point of 1,500 yards. A total of four fatalities were reported from this tornado, three in Marion County.

Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell visited northwest Arkansas and said her agency planned to move quickly on the federal disaster request that the state is submitting because of the severe weather. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and other state officials toured the tornado-stricken communities ahead of that request.

 

 

 

Storms in Texas

 

Power outages scattered across Texas could linger into the weekend after storms flooded streets in Houston and ripped off roofs in Dallas, leaving a teenager dead and injuring others.

Electric utility Oncor said power in the Dallas area should be restored by Friday for most customers, but some outages will continue into the weekend. More than 1 million homes and businesses were without electricity across Texas at one point, but by Wednesday night, the lights had come back on for more than 75% of those customers.

2024 Tornado Season

 

This has been a busy spring for severe weather, as nearly every day since April 25 has seen a tornado reported somewhere across the U.S., according to NWS data.

There have now been 36 deaths attributed to tornadoes so far this year.

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