JAKARTA - A series of deadly storms and tornadoes that hit the southern region and Great Plains in the United States over the weekend Memorial Day killed at least 18 people and caused hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses to experience power outages.
According to ABC News quoted via Antara, Tuesday, May 28, eight deaths from the storm were reported in the state of Arkansas.
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders said seven deaths were reported in the Cooke Region, Texas, two in the Mayes Region, Oklahoma and one in Louisville, Kentucky.
As many as 334,000 customers did not get electricity on Sunday morning in Kentucky, Missouri, Texas, Kansas, Tennessee and Arkansas, NBC reports based on data from poweroutage.us.
Tornado warnings were issued in the states of Texas and Oklahoma when a devastating storm with a possible tornado hit the southern part of the US, including Texas and Oklahoma on Saturday night.
Supervision and warning of tornadoes continued on Sunday in various states, including Kentucky.
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