More than 750,000 customers are without power in Texas as Dallas area gets slammed with destructive storms

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(CNN) – Powerful storms are delivering yet another round of violent weather to Texas on Tuesday after an almost unrelenting parade of destructive and sometimes deadly storms in recent weeks. Additional storms will pound more of the Southern Plains throughout the day. Storms were roaring through the Dallas-Fort Worth metro early Tuesday morning, delivering hurricane-force wind gusts and stirring tornado fears. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport recorded a wind gust of 77 mph early Tuesday as power outages in the region started to skyrocket. Related Stories More than 750,000 customers in Texas were without power and that number continued to climb, according to PowerOutage.us. More than half of the outages were in Dallas County. These storms have arrived even as some residents are still mourning at least seven people killed in the state during violent storms over Memorial Day weekend. In total, almost two dozen people, including four children, were killed across five states as storms hit the central U.S. over the holiday period, and several communities are grappling with significant losses of homes and businesses. More than 13 million people in Texas and extreme western Louisiana face Tuesday’s most serious threat of severe weather. Damaging storms will push south...

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