NATION : 3 Dead, Many Injured as Tornado and Flooding Hit Parts of Texas

A tornado swept through a central Texas town early today, killing one person, injuring at least two dozen others and destroying an apartment complex while residents slept, state officials said.

Elsewhere in Texas, serious flooding in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area forced hundreds of people to evacuate to higher ground, and two people were killed when their vehicles were swept away in rain-swollen creeks. Police and firefighters performed several dramatic rescues as the severe storm system brought a second day of twisters, hail and heavy rain to the Southwest.

The pre-dawn tornado caused widespread damage in the little town of Jarrell, 40 miles north of Austin, when it stayed on the ground for about seven miles, carving a mile-wide path of destruction.