Good evening. I'm John Yang. Powerful storms have killed at least 14 people, including two

children, and left a trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The storms

cross Texas highways, tossing trucks and

demolishing roadside structures in small towns. A local sheriff assessed the

damage in his community. We can rebuild property and you know as horrible as this looks probably in two

three months it won't look like this it'll be better but the loss of life is

just tragic it's always tragic and you know it's

hurts most. At least seven of the dead were in Cook County Texas near the

Oklahoma border. In Arkansas massive trees were uprooted. Across the

region, hundreds of thousands of people remain without power. Severe storms

delayed the start of today's Indianapolis 500. race officials evacuated about 125,000 people

who had gathered for the annual Memorial Day weekend event.

The National Weather Service says there's a high risk of severe thunderstorms tonight from the Ozarks

into the Ohio Valley region.

In the Mideast tonight an exchange of fire between Israel and Hamas, Palestinian medics say

22 people were killed in an Israeli

airstrike in Raffa that hit tents full of displaced people. That followed a barrage

of rockets that Hamas militants launched from Gaza at Central Israel.

In Tel Aviv, air raid siren sounded for the first time in months.

Frightened residents rushed to underground shelters.

The Israeli military said it shot down a number of the rockets.

There were no reports of casualties.

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