people in perryton, texas, are still cleaning up from a devastating tornado. the twister that struck there on thursday evening was an ef-3 with peak winds of 140 miles per hour. at least three people were killed, including an 11-year-old boy, dozens more injured. the tornado decimated homes and businesses and damaged the local fire department and ems. governor greg abbott has issued a disaster declaration. how are the cleanup efforts going today? reporter: the fire chief said as many as 200 homes were destroyed from this tornado. today we ve really seen an increase in pace of more and more people out and about, using heavy machinery like this. it s less about salvaging and more about leveling places that have been too heavily damaged to
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there were tornado sirens in texas where at least five had been reported. wind gusts of up to 18 miles per hour were reported in parts of the state on thursday. more than 185,000 homes and businesses had knocked out power. it is now down to 140,000. and a tornado also authorize through alabama. the national weather service in huntsville said peak winds reached about 110 miles per hour. one resident explains how it came through fast and furious. we started to hear the wind and the rain hitting the outside of the house. so i jumped up and grabbed my son and ran to the bathroom. my hug grabbed our dog and ran into the other bathroom. and in a matter of 20 seconds, it was gone. sounded like a freight train