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High Winds Lash Kentucky, N.Y.

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Showers and thunderstorms soaked much of the nation Sunday, as fierce winds whipped parts of Kentucky and New York and thousands of West Virginians were left without electricity.

Thunderstorms packing 65-m.p.h. winds and torrential rain also plowed across northern and western Texas.

Dallas was hit by a storm that inundated low-lying parts of the city with floodwaters, choking highway underpasses. Water on Interstate 35 was 3 feet deep.

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Winds at 65 m.p.h. in Collin County, northeast of Dallas, ripped down tree limbs and damaged at least one outbuilding, the National Weather Service reported.

The thunderstorms produced small hail, damaging trees and power lines near Hopkinsville, Ky. There also was damage from thunderstorm wind gusts at Dundee, N.Y.

Nearly half an inch of rain soaked Hornell, N.Y., in 10 minutes.

Lightning, slashing rain and heavy winds left as many as 11,000 southwestern West Virginians without power.

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Driving rain and high winds whipped across much of the state late Saturday evening.

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