States across the South were assessing storm damage on Friday after a series of tornadoes swept across the region, leaving at least four people dead, including three in Texas, the authorities said.
He told CNN that one person died in the trailer park and two others died downtown, and that one person was missing.
About 200 homes and the town firehouse were destroyed, and infrared-equipped drones were surveying the damage, he said.
Officials in Perryton, about 115 miles northeast of Amarillo, Texas, could not immediately be reached for comment.
The Perryton Fire Department said on Facebook late Thursday that the fire station “took a direct hit,” but that its trucks and ambulances were still operable.
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