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At least 11 dead after severe weather in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, officials say WSB-TV Channel 2 [Video]

VALLEY VIEW, Texas — Multiple people were killed after a powerful storm made its way through the central United States late Saturday evening.

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Update 11:57 a.m. EDT: At least 11 people were killed in the storms across three states Saturday evening, The Associated Press reported.

The deaths were reported in Cooke County, Texas, and by the Oklahoma border, the AP reported.

At least two killed were in Arkansas which included a 26-year-old woman, according to Daniel Bolen, with Boone County’s Office of Emergency Management. ANother was in Benton County, Arkansas, a county communications director said.

Two of those killed include two children ages 2 and 5, Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington told the AP.

Original story: Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington told The Associated Pressthat at least five people were killed after the powerful storms Saturday night. Three of those killed were family members. Sappington said that they were found in a house …

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