Death toll rising after tornadoes rock America's Heartland over Memorial Day weekend

More than 300,000 were without power across five states on Sunday after a severe weather outbreak produced tornadoes, damaging winds and giant hail across parts of Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

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At least eight people were killed during a severe weather outbreak over Memorial Day weekend that brought tornadoes and tennis-ball-sized hail and knocked out power to thousands across the Southern Plains overnight on Sunday.The worst of the storm hit in the overnight hours when at least 20 tornadoes were seen by radar or in person across the region, according to the FOX Forecast Center. Storm damage was reported in Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

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Some of the most devastating damage in Texas happened outside the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington said in a news conference that five people were killed and dozens were injured at a travel center off Interstate 35 near Valley View. The sheriff said children were among the dead. 

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