Reporter even by texas standards it was a monstrosity. I see it. Its crossing the highway right there. Big, big tornado. Reporter at least eight tornadoes exploded through dallas county. The hardest hit areas are garland and rowlett. Oh, theres stuff flying in the air reporter damage has been reported along a 40 mile stretch of homes and businesses. In the darkness last night the destruction was hard to see. But by this morning the path of the tornadoes was clear. Entire communities are flattened. Many of the houses Still Standing are without roofs. Vehicles are flipped or buried under debris. In garland, the storms killed eight people and destroyed 600 structures in a two mile area. In rowlett, the tornadoes injured 23 and leveled 40 homes. High winds tossed trailers at this Mobile Home Park and damaged this strip mall. We pray and support those who have lost a family member. Abbott say more storms today are complicating recovery efforts. I want you to know that texas is doing everyth
And hes over there yelling for help. Debralee King storm survivor we realized that he was running across the road with his baby. Debralee kings neighbor begged her to take his newborn child to the hospital. She did, while her husband, glenn, helped try to get the mans wife out of what was left of their home. glenn king storm survivor she was pinned in there between a wall and the door. She survived. Her baby did not. A tornado destroyed an Elementary School in red oak, while just a few blocks away willard jordan and his family cowered inside a closet. willard jordan storm survivor that sound. I just cant get that sound out of my head. Around the dallas area, the damage ranges from light to devastating. Eight of the reported deaths happened in garland, which the National Weather service now says was hit by an effour tornado. Donations of warm clothes and shelters all over the area. Jessica Bandegas storm survivor i have no heat, no electricity. Its not especially cozy, but Jessica Bande
One by accident. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Im annemarie green. Wild weather is whipping across the United States, packing deadly tornadoes, flooding, and blizzard conditions. Right now, the Severe Weather stretches from new mexico to kentucky. It is expected to deliver more dangerous weather today. The death toll from the Weekend Storms has reached at least 43 people across seven states. Texas has seen some of the worst devastation. As many as 1,450 homes around dallas were either damaged or destroyed. The area also saw at least nine tornadoes with winds topping 200 miles an hour. The storms leveled homes and swept cars off highways. Omar villafranca shows us the damage from hardhit rowlett, reporter the sdast disaster is texassized and those who we ran inside the bathroom and hunkered down. Next thing you hear is scratching and glass. Reporter the occasional lightning strikes illuminated the twisters that started touching down in th
Blizzard like conditions to the panhandles of texas. Oklahoma. And new mexico. 3 pkg nats as rescue crews in north texas sift through debris for people still unaccounted for. Nat soti found the jet. Many residents are retrieving what little they have left following this weekends deadly tornadoes sot Denise Garcia resident compared to our neighbors, i think we got pretty lucky, the house is still standing, the walls are standing more than a hundred homes in the garland were reduced to rubble saturday when an ef4 tornado, packing winds of up to 200 miles per hour, tore through the area. 61yearold Gwendolyn Wheatley says it was the scariest night of her life sot Gwendolyn Wheatley resident i just stayed in my closest all night long, shaking like a leaf on a tree standup Omar Villafranca cbs news rowlett, texas a 24 hour curfew remains in effect here in rowlett where an ef3 tornado also caused extensive damage. On sunday authorities evacuated residents near this damaged water tower out of
Destroyed. The area also saw at least nine tornadoes with winds topping 200 miles an hour. The storms leveled homes and swept cars off highways. Damage from hardhit rowlett, texas. Reporter the sdast disaster is texassized and those who survived, will never forget. We ran inside the bathroom and hunkered down. Next thing you hear is scratching and glass. Reporter the occasional lightning strikes illuminated the twisters that started touching down in the dallas area around 6 30 saturday night. At least 11 people died, including several in their cars, when a tornado crossed interstate 30. Officials say the path of destruction stretches for 40 miles and more than 600 structures are damaged or destroyed. Weather forecasters say two tornadoes clocked speeds of up to 200 miles per hour, tossing mobile homes like toys and flattening entire streets. Situation is still volatile across the northern part of the state that is simultaneously experiencing extreme ice and snow conditions and torrenti