the school. can you see trees up there completely snapped in half. we seen trees uprooted around van as well. we are told that several of the homes are a total loss. more than two dozen people were sent to area hospitals. of course a shelter has been set up as well. it will be a couple hours before we can get the full scope of the damage here in van. but we are told that the tornado sirens did sound about five minutes before the tornado struck van. of course van wasn t the only place that suffered damage. we saw damage all across the central u.s. throughout the weekend. breaking overnight. severe weather and a tornado touching down in the town of van. inside! inside! the county emergency management team is describing the scene as a quote mass casualty incident. dozens of injuries have been