#us storms

VALLEY VIEW: Powerful storms killed at least 18 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where dozens sought shelter in a restroom during the latest deadly weather to strike the central US. The storms inflicted their worst damage in a region spanning from north of Dallas to the northwest…

Cleanup begins from southern US storms that left 14 dead

Trista Boga, center, helps salvage what she can from a friend’s home along Highway 178 in Holly Springs, Miss., on Thursday.

Recovery crews and utility workers began cleaning up widespread damage on Thursday left by severe storms that spawned tornadoes across six states in the US South and Midwest, killing at least 14 people and destroying scores of homes.

Emergency declarations were issued in…