4 Killed in Southern U.S. as Tornadoes Wreak Havoc 

United States: A strong storm system moved across the southern U.S. over the weekend, causing tornadoes and killing at least four people. Officials say there were at least 45 reports of tornado damage in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. Meteorologists will survey the damage to confirm the tornadoes. 

Stations in some of the country’s busiest travel cities are dealing with storm system bringing some dangerous and slick roads with it delays or cancelations at some of the nation’s busiest airports. Current tracking by FlightAware noted over 600 flight delays encompassing only the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as of Sunday afternoon. 

 As reported by the Associate Press, this is not the norm, yet it is not the first time for something like this: Some 24 states will have severe weather outbreak so late in the year: ‘This late in the season…’ says Frank Pereira, meteorologist at the Weather Prediction Center. 

 Working with the National Weather Service, storm survey crews determined that at least five tornadoes struck north and south of Houston Saturday. 

 At least one person died. A 48-year-old woman, missing for two days, was discovered about 100 feet (30 meters) from the residence in the Liverpool area, south of Houston, according to Madison Polston of the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office. She said that people had not been certain which exact cause of death had led to the death. 

 Polston said four other people in Brazoria County sustained injuries that were not life-threatening Four others in the same region had reported injuries that were not life-threatening In all, Polston estimates, at least forty homes and buildings have been severely affected. 

 Some 30 houses in Montgomery County, north of Houston were reduced to piles of rubble while another 50 were severely damaged, according to Jason Smith of Montgomery County. 

 A seven-year-old man was killed Sunday in Statesville, which is north of Charlotte, North Carolina, when a tree fell on his pickup truck. Highway Patrol Trooper DJ Maffucci who first arrived on the scene said it was just an accident of fate that the driver of the car, Matthew Teeple of Cleveland North Carolina, died on impact. 

 Very disappointing timing,” Maffucci commented, who noted that storms had caused many trees to fall, as well as “quite a few wrecks.” 

 Heavy storms in Mississippi claimed the lives of two people according to the authorities. A bright girl of 18 was killed Saturday night at Natchez in Adams County when a tree fell on the home, said Emergency Management Neifa Hardy.