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Crews on Wednesday continued
clearing debris in Odessa and
Ector County after a severe
storm swept through the area the
previous night.
Meanwhile, farmers in several
counties in the South Plains and
the Panhandle were surveying
damage to their crops from hail.
In Odessa, about 120 power
poles that were either snapped in
half or blown down by gale-
force winds have been replaced.
Winds during the storm reached
about 70 mph.
No injuries
were reported,
said Dale
Childers, assis
tant fire chief in
Odessa who acti
vated the city’s
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response to the
storm.
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one was hurt),”
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to luck and to
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tough. The only
good thing about
tt is we got some
good rain.
Since Sunday night, the west
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county have received as imidias
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Fanners in South Plains also
got hit by hail Tuesday night,bi
ft is too early to tell whether cm-
ton fields, particularly neat
Muleshoe, were damaged heavil;
“It always looks a little
ragged the day after so you hast
to give it a few days,”
Shawn Wade, spokesman for tie
Plains Cotton Growers,
Insurance appraisers willwaita
few days to see if the
likely to recover,
he said.
Daws
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acres from stoms
in recent d
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as many as 500 homes we
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heat Wednesday after
stonns hit the area.
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flying through the air. Well,
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HOUSTON (AP) - The U.S.
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hours of one another Tuesday.
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