The Texas town of Perryton is still recovering from Thursday's tornado that killed three, as well as trying to beat the heat that has followed since.
said it would open a cooling center in the town of 8,000 people, about 115 miles northeast of Amarillo, to counteract the effects of the high temperatures that followed the storm.Communities in the U.S. South are dealing with extremely hot temperatures, opening cooling centers to find relief and experiencing weather-related power outages
A meteorologist with the National Weather Service said the high heat is due to humidity that causes the heat index, or the "feels like" temperature, to skyrocket Prater said the air temperature Saturday in the Dallas area could reach 94 F , but high humidity would make it feel like 105 F . “It dropped down right on top of Perryton,” Bouchard said. "We've lost a lot of homes, businesses, rental properties. There's just a lot of damage to our community and it's going to take some time to get this cleaned up.”
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