Four people die when storms hit parts of South

Minor injuries occurred when a tornado slammed a densely populated area of Dallas, but storms killed four people in Arkansas and Oklahoma.

DALLAS – A tornado tore homes and businesses apart in a densely populated area of Dallas, where only minor injuries were reported, but four people were killed in Arkansas and Oklahoma as a late-night series of storms caused chaos in several states.

Radar confirmed the tornado struck near Dallas Love Field Airport around 9 p.m. Sunday, said National Weather Service meteorologist Jason Godwin. There were no reports of fatalities or serious injuries in Texas on Monday, but some people were hospitalized. Tens of thousands of people were without electricity.

In northwest Arkansas, one person died when a tree fell on a home in Rogers, about 150 miles northwest of Little Rock, according to the Benton County Department of Public Safety.

Authorities said severe thunderstorms were responsible for the deaths of three people in eastern Oklahoma.

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Brooke Arbeitman said two teenage boys died of carbon monoxide poisoning late Sunday in Weleetka. She said the 14- and 15year-olds were using a portable gas generator in a travel trailer after the storms knocked out power in the area.

Another person died late Sunday night when a tree was blown onto a mobile home near Valliant, emergency management officials said.