NASHVILLE, Ark., May 11 (UPI) -- A system of suspected tornadoes killed at least two people at a mobile home park in Nashville, Ark., and another two in the city of Van, Texas, on Sunday.
Tornado warnings were in effect in both locations. Severe weather, including thunderstorms, affected up to 50 million Americans from South Texas up to Michigan.
The weather injured at least 43 people in Van late Sunday. Between 50 and 100 homes were damaged or destroyed in the town about an hour southeast of Dallas. Van Intermediate School also sustained damage.
"Damages range from completely destroyed homes, damaged homes, to trees and power lines down," Van Fire Marshall Chuck Allen said. "The initial response of emergency responders was to locate and identify any injured individuals."
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The National Weather Service said tornadoes touched down in Van Zandt, Denton, Grayson, Hamilton and Bosque counties in Texas.
The town of Delmont, S.D., was struck by a tornado Sunday, damaging about 20 buildings, cutting off water, electricity and telephones and prompting evacuations due to unsecured propane tanks. A storm in Lake City, Iowa, partially ripped off the roof of a local high school.
There was a tornado on Saturday that struck Eastland County, Texas, that killed one person and critically injured another.
The Weather Channel's Kevin Roth warned that potential tornadoes are still a hazard for Monday.
#SevereWX moves east today into #MI, #OH, #IN, #LA, #TX - winds, hail & tornadoes. Watch @weatherchannel 7am ET. pic.twitter.com/OqM4qjLLNd
— AMHQ w/ Sam Champion (@AMHQ) May 11, 2015"Anywhere from eastern Texas up to southern Michigan there is a threat of tornadoes in the mid-to-late afternoon," Roth said.
