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On camera: Multiple tornadoes wreak havoc in Texas in US
Northeast Texas' Lamar County judge -- Brandon Bell -- the highest elected official in the county declared a disaster in the area, confirming two dozen injuries due to the storm.
Multiple tornadoes were reported across the United States’s Texas on Friday, injuring at least two dozen several people, news agency AP reported. The storms have damaged houses in many places, left debris on roads and uprooted trees, throwing normal lives out of gear in the southern central region. Several videos surfaced on social media showing severe damage to infrastructure caused by the storms.
A video - reportedly from the region's Paris - was recorded by a family, showing their house completely shredded to debris following the storm. Through the sound of gushing winds, a young boy is seen saying, “I’m looking for my blanket,” followed by another person, a man comforting everyone saying “don’t worry, we’re ok.”
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Northeast Texas' Lamar County judge -- Brandon Bell -- the highest elected official in the county which includes cities such as Powderly, Paris, etc declared a disaster in the area, confirming two dozen injuries due to the tornado. The Sheriff’s Office said the tornado arrived around 4 p.m. and has damaged and destroyed about 50 homes, AP reported.
Particularly, major damages have been reported from Powderly, although an official said that there were no confirmed deaths yet. “It’s going to take a long time to get this cleaned up, but the community came together,” Randi Johnson, chief of the Powderly Volunteer Fire Department said. “It’s really heartbreaking to see.”
The National Weather Service has issued an alert and said “threat of tornadoes, some intense, and damaging winds continues across the ArkLaTex (Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas) region overnight as a strong cold front passes through the southern Plains.”
(HT could not independently verify the source of the videos)
