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A Texas sheriff says at least five people are dead after powerful storms tore through a rural community, obliterating homes and leaving thousands of people without power Sunday. Cooke County

Tornadoes and storms leave 15 dead across central US

DENTON COUNTY, Texas — A young woman, trapped under her RV trailer after a devastating tornado in Denton County, used her car alarm to alert first responders to her location.The

VALLEY VIEW — Amber Lidster bent down to look inside her white mailbox.

"We are going through the heart-wrenching loss of life," the Texas governor told reporters.

Powerful storms killed at least 19 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky. But there were also remarkable stories of survival.

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 U.S.

Seven deaths were reported in Cooke County, Texas, near the Oklahoma border, where a tornado Saturday night plowed through a rural area near a mobile home park.

Eight people died statewide in Arkansas, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed in a news conference Sunday evening. An emergency official said two of the deaths were attributed to the circumstances of the storm but not directly caused by weather, including a person who suffered a heart attack and another who was deprived of oxygen due to a loss of electricity.

US News: VALLEY VIEW: Powerful storms killed at least 18 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas afte.