Storms hit east Texas, leaving at least 5 dead
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SEVERE storms including tornadoes have swept through small American towns in eastern Texas, leaving a trail of overturned vehicles, mangled trees and damaged homes.
Authorities believe as many as five people were killed and dozens injured, though they were still assessing the damage from the storms that swept through an area about 80 kilometers east of Dallas on Saturday evening.
“We’re talking about I think maybe five casualties,” Canton Fire Department Captain Brian Horton said. “That number may go up.”
Video from local television stations showed uprooted trees and overturned cars along rural, wet roads, along with at least two flattened homes. The tornado flipped pickup trucks at a Dodge dealership in Canton.
Fifty-six people were treated at three hospitals and six remained in hospital yesterday, two of them in critical condition.
The National Weather Service confirmed at least three tornadoes swept through parts of three counties on Saturday evening. Horton asked that people who didn’t need to be in the area to stay out, “so that our teams can do what they need to do to take care of these people who are in need.”
One resident, Ernestine Cook, told a Dallas TV station she rushed to a storm center just in time. “It hit so hard, so fast. It just kept moving. I’ve never seen anything like it after 22 years of living here.”
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