Eyewitnesses who lived through this tornado say it blew through around 7 00 p. M. And lasted less there it is, i see it. Reporter even by texas standards it was a monstrosity. Oh, i see it, its crossing the highway right there. Big, big tornado. Reporter at least eight tornados exploded through dallas county, the hardesthit areas are garland and rowlett. Oh theres stuff flying in the air reporter damage has been reported along a 40mile stretch of homes and businesses. In the darkness last night the destruction was hard to see. But by this morning the path of the tornados 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 and destroyed 600 structures in a twomile area. In rowlett, the tornados injured 23 people and level the 40 homes. High winds tossed trailers at damaged this strip mall. We pray and support those who have lost a family member. Reporter Texas Go
Its hard to see all these peoples livelihoods gone. Cars destroyed, flipped over in front of houses. Its just hard to see. Reporter here in garland more than 600 homes were damaged. Eight people lost their lives. And jeff, many others returning to scenes like this, total losses with nothing left to return home to. Dan hagerty, thank you. More dangerous weather tonight. Blizzard conditions in parts of texas, oklahoma, and new mexico. Lets bring in david payne, chief meteorologist at our Oklahoma City affiliate kwtv. David, whats happening there . Well, its been a wild day so far. Weve had a lot of ice, a lot of sleet in oklahoma. Flooding rains in eastern oklahoma. Just a big mess around here. I40 westbound west of Oklahoma City has been shut down several times today, to just simply too much ice and sleet. We are not through, more on the way. Jeff, back to you. David payne, thank you very much. Mexico, heres cheyenne cope of our albuquerque affiliate krqe. Im standing in two and a half
The dallas area in 88 years. An ef4 with winds topping 160 miles an hour plowed through garland, texas, flattening hundreds of homes. In north texas at least 11 were killed, part of a system of Severe Weather this weekend from the gulf of mexico to the great lakes. The death toll from five days of storms stands at least at 41. Including 11 people swept away by floods in illinois and missouri. We begin with David Begnaud in rou let, texas. There is no mistaking a tornado disaster zone. Along this residential street where we are every home is damaged. Some severely. These vehicles here look like they crashed into each other. This one right here, the windows blown out, a piece of plywood came flying through the wind shield, impaled in the passenger seat. Eyewitnesses who lived through this tornado say it blew through around 7 00 p. M. And lasted less than 45 seconds. There it is, i see it. Reporter even by texas standards it was a monstrosity. Oh, i see it, its crossing the highway right
Peoples livelihoods gone. Cars destroyed, flipped over in front of houses. Its just hard to see. Reporter here in garland more than 600 homes were damaged. Eight people lost their lives. And jeff, many others returning to scenes like this, total losses with nothing left to return home to. Dan hagerty, thank you. More dangerous weather tonight. Blizzard conditions in parts of texas, oklahoma, and new mexico. Lets bring in david payne, chief meteorologist at our Oklahoma City affiliate kwtv. David, whats happening there . Well, its been a wild day so far. Weve had a lot of ice, a lot of sleet in oklahoma. Oklahoma. Just a big mess around here. I40 westbound west of Oklahoma City has been shut down several times today, to just simply too much ice and sleet. We are not through, more on the way. Jeff, back to you. David payne, thank you very much. Farther west in roswell, new mexico, heres cheyenne cope of our albuquerque affiliate krqe. Im standing in two and a half feet of snow, its up to
Welcome to the overnight im jeff glor. It was the deadliest tornado in the dallas area in 88 years. An ef4 with winds topping 160 miles an hour plowed through garland, texas, flattening hundreds of homes. In north texas at least 11 were killed, part of a system of Severe Weather this weekend from the gulf of mexico to the great lakes. The death toll from five days of storms stands at least at 41. Including 11 people swept away by floods in illinois and missouri. We begin with David Begnaud in rowlett, texas. There is no mistaking a tornado disaster zone. Along this residential street where we are every home is damaged. Some severely. These vehicles here look like they crashed into each other. This one right here, the windows blown out, a piece of plywood came flying through the windshield, impaled in the passenger seat. Eyewitnesses who lived through this tornado say it blew through around 7 00 p. M. And lasted less reporter even by texas standards it was a monstrosity. Oh, i see it, i