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A tornado ripped through the small town of Perryton in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday, killing at least three people and leaving many more injured. The town sustained massive damages to two blocks of stores. The local hospital reported between 50 and 100 weather-related admissions overnight. The whole city is without power. A single radio station is running on back-up generators to keep residents informed of emergency and relief operations. Suzanne Bellsnyder, editor of the…

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. At least three people in Perryton, a town of about 8,100 people in the Panhandle, died when a tornado hit the city Thursday afternoon in a storm that wounded dozens of other people, according to local news reports. Two people were also missing, ABC 7 reported, citing information from the local sheriff’s office…

A tornado ripped through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton. PERRYTON, Texas — A tornado ripped through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton on Thursday, killing one person, injuring dozens more and causing widespread damage as another in a series of fierce storms carved its way through Southern states. The National Weather Service in Amarillo confirmed that a tornado hit the area Thursday afternoon. But there was no immediate word on its size or wind…

A tornado ripped through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton. PERRYTON, Texas — A tornado ripped through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton on Thursday, killing three people, injuring dozens more and causing widespread damage as another in a series of fierce storms carved its way through Southern states. The National Weather Service in Amarillo confirmed that a tornado hit the area Thursday afternoon. But there was no immediate word on its size or wind…

A tornado ripped through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton. PERRYTON, Texas — A tornado ripped through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton on Thursday, killing one person, injuring dozens more and causing widespread damage as another in a series of fierce storms carved its way through the South. The National Weather Service in Amarillo confirmed that a tornado hit the area Thursday afternoon. But there was no immediate word on its size, meteorologist Luigi…