At least one person has died after a tornado hit a Texas tow. Tonight, severe weather is hittg the Panhandle and other parts of the South and the Plains. At least 16 tornadoes were repod in four states in the last 24 h. ABC's Melissa Don has the lates. A deadly tornado in the Texas Panhandle Thursday night. This video showing some of the destruction in Perryton where the National Weather Service confirming a tornado hit. And we got one trailer on fire. We've . Multiple trailers destroyed thee Chief there, reporting much of e town is destroyed, including ho, the hospital switching
to generators, the power and communications out for most of the area. Take a look at the sky around Oklahoma City Thursday night. Burst of strong winds sending dt flying with fast moving
storms expected to bring wind gusts of 80 to 90. Softball sized hail seen falling across Arkansas making huge splashes
in this backyard pool in Hot Springs in Georgia. Some areas faced more than
7 inches of rain, flooding streets and stranding . Parts of Alabama are cleaning
up from storms. These are two homes badly
damaged in Utah, a huge tree crashing down on a car and in Mississippi the storm damage cut power and water to thousands for hours. Been hot? Hot. No. Food? No. No nothing, no power.
It just been hot. It is going to get really warm. Hot weather also gripping the Lone Star State in Houston, a nonprofit handing out water to the homeless. Higher grid demand is likely as triple digit temperatures are expected by the weekend. Melissa Don, ABC News, Los Ange.
