Evacuation orders have been issued for a town in western Oklahoma, and thousands of people are without power as a strong windstorm moves through the state.

As Trevor Murphy pulls up to his dad’s 20-acre (8-hectare) grove in one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States, he points to the cookie-cutter, one-story homes encroaching on the orange ...

Strong to severe storms fueled by wind and heat could be on their way to Central Florida starting Sunday night.