Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving one person dead and about 1 million businesses and homes without power as much of the US recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. World News | Storms Leave Widespread Outages Across Texas, Cleanup Continues After Deadly Weekend Across US.
Tornadoes in Iowa last week left at least five people dead and dozens injured. Storms killed eight people in Houston this month. April had the second-highest number of tornadoes on record in the country. The storms come as climate change contributes in general to the severity of storms around the world.
Damaging winds and hail have pelted north Texas as much of the U.S. recovers from severe weather that killed at least 23 people during Memorial Day holiday weekend.
An American Airlines Boeing 737-800 was blown across the tarmac at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport by 80mph winds amid severe storms. The plane was moved several feet.