At least 14 dead in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after severe weather roars across region

Hugo Parra, of Farmers Branch, Texas, collects belongings from his vehicle after he rode out a tornado with about 40 others in the bathrooms of a truck stop in Valley View, Texas/Photo: AP

TEXAS: Powerful storms killed at least 14 people and left a wide trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where dozens sought shelter in a restroom during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S.