(AP Photo/David Erickson) David Erickson/AP A total of 32 million people across central and southern Texas, Louisiana and southern Mississippi are under heat alerts today, which will likely continue for several days.īuildings and vehicles show damage after a tornado struck Perryton, Texas, Thursday, June 15, 2023. Meanwhile, as the South sees hail and heavy rainfall, parts of the Gulf Coast are under excessive heat warnings. Heavy rainfall could lead to isolated flash flooding, especially across portions of the Florida Panhandle and northern and central Florida. Showers and thunderstorms may also produce flooding from the mid-South to the Gulf Coast, according to the National Weather Service. The risk of severe weather is just one of a number of weather issues facing the Southeast. Work will occur during daylight hours throughout the next few days,” the post said. “More than 35 City of Tulsa crews are clearing Tulsa’s main streets, with others working to assess storm conditions neighborhood-by-neighborhood. The Tulsa Police Department has activated the Incident Management Team and officers were prioritizing storm-related injury and emergency calls, the department posted on Facebook. City officials urged residents to stay off the roads and stay home on Sunday if possible. The City of Tulsa said nearly 250 power poles/lines were down and said 911 received more than 4,500 calls about those lines between midnight and 5 a.m. “Estimated times of restoration for customers who can accept power will be available Monday morning.” “Due to the level of damage and hazards, this will be a multi-day recovery event,” the company said in a Facebook post. ![]() The Public Service Company of Oklahoma’s outage map indicated there are about 200,000 customer outages in the region, particularly in and around Tulsa. Without climate change, these extreme weather events would not have happened
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