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At least 9 are the victims of the storms in the US states of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas

There are collapsed homes, a parking lot collapsed where drivers were hiding from the elements

The raging strong storms in the USA have caused the death of at least nine people in the US states of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, devastating areas even today, the Associated Press reported, quoted by BTA.

Homes were collapsed, and there was also damage to a truck parking lot, where drivers were sheltering, during another sharp deterioration in weather conditions in the central part of the United States, the agency specified.

This week, five people died and at least 35 were injured when powerful tornadoes swept through another American state - Iowa, AP recalled, explaining that last month the second largest number of tornadoes in US history was recorded for April , since such statistics have been kept.

In Texas, a tornado tore through Denton County, north of Dallas, overturning tractor-trailers and shutting down traffic on Interstate 35. At the height of the storm, more than 24,000 homes and industrial buildings in the state of Oklahoma were without power. Baseball-sized hail hits an outdoor wedding in Woods County, Oklahoma.