roared. there is significant damage and gas leaks throughout the city of 2600. this weekend. a very pronounced funnel cloud and tornado in progress. reporter: over 70 reported from south dakota to texas. there goes the school. there goes the school. this video shows the tornado hitting a high school in iowa. the school shelters 100 people. all evacuated in the nick of time as tornado sirens flared. another tornado ripping through a small south dakota town damaging over 20 buildings. i step outside, there is no wind. no rain. no noises and then i can hear the howling. it sounded like an airplane. tlafrs the first tornado i have ever seen in my life. reporter: on saturday a tornado hit eastland texas, storms dumped rain and baseball sized hail on parts of oklahoma
what is it going to be like for them in terms of getting this community back together? chris, i m fearful of what daylight will bring. it won t be until then until we hear a full scope. about 30% of the town damaged. i m standing right in front of the elementary and junior high school class is cancelled for today. not surprising. look at all this you see trees, power lines littering the roads. trees snapped in half. metal hanging from tree tops out there. this is only a fraction of what happened over the weekend. breaking overnight, a sea of devastation in east texas after severe weather and a reported tornado touching down in the town of van. the county s emergency management team is describing the scene as a quote mass casualty incident. dozens of injuries were reported. there is significant damage and
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
has his freshpet. we are getting new information on people in texas. ten people are policing after a tornado left widespread devastation k-9 units will be sent out. this deadly tornado is we ll be right backing havoc this
a possible gas leak in the city of possibly 2600. this weekend. a pronounced funnel cloud and tornado if progress. reporter: over 70 reported from south dakota to texas. there with goes the school! reporter: this video shows a tornado hitting a high school in iowa. the school sheltering 100 people evacuated in the nick of time as tornado sirens flared. another tornado ripping through a small south dakota town injuring multiple people and damaging over 20 buildings. i step outside, there is no wind no rain no noises and then i can hear the howling. it sounded like an airplane. that was the first tornado i ve ever seen in my life. reporter: on saturday a tornado struck eastland texas, killing one and injuring another critically. storms dumped rain and baseball size hail on parts of oklahoma resulting in floods. people carried to safety by