The town of Gordon, Texas, located in southern Palo Pinto County, is picking up the pieces after multiple tornadoes ripped through the area Sunday night, leaving behind a trail of destruction. An EF-1 tornado was confirmed in and near Gordon on May 18,

Overnight storms caused significant damage west of Fort Worth, impacting Palo Pinto and Collin County. GORDON, Texas — Major storms overnight caused significant damage overnight in areas west of Fort Worth in Palo Pinto and Collin County, officials said.

The school district has canceled classes at its only campus through the end of the week because of damage from Sunday's storm and tornado.

The highest chances of severe weather will be in North Texas, but chances will stretch into the Texas Hill Country as well.

Texas’ business-friendly environment, deregulated marketplace and vast rural expanse made the state an attractive destination for the renewable industry, which has thrived in the state. Texas is a national leader in renewables, a fact Judd Messer, vice president of policy at Advanced Power Alliance, said is possible due to the state’s landowners.

At least 31 million people are at risk for severe storms from central Texas to Iowa on Monday, with hazards including large hail, damaging winds and several possibly strong tornadoes.

Severe storms are expected to erupt across a wide swath of Texas late Monday — from the Dallas-Fort Worth area to East Texas.

"A maturing central U.S. storm system is expected to produce another round of dangerous severe weather and instances of flash flooding today," the National Weather Service warned Monday. The forecast discussion added that "from a broader perspective," locally heavy rain was forecast to reach from the northern Plains to Texas.