VIDEO. A terrible tornado hits Texas and leaves several dead: impressive images of the damage
|Les dégâts sont considérables. CAPTURE TWITTER
At least two people died in North Texas, hit on the night of Saturday May 25 to Sunday May 26 by tornadoes which caused significant material damage, according to local media.
Rescuers are still carrying out their searches on Sunday morning in these great plains of the southern United States, Oklahoma and Arkansas also being affected by this bad weather and ;major power outages.
A deadly, overnight tornado ripped through Valley View, TX.
Our @FOX4 crew is on scene at an AP Travel Center/Shell Gas Station where dozens took shelter Saturday evening. #txwx @Fox4Weather pic.twitter.com/x32qVlf8wT
— Peyton Yager (@peytonyager) May 26, 2024
North of Dallas, a tornado struck a residential neighborhood, killing at least two people, according to Sheriff Ray Sappington, speaking on local television WFAA.
🚨#WATCH: Incredible footage captured from a Tesla car shows the moment when an EF2 tornado hits, as people take cover in a restaurant, causing major damage to buildings and homes.
Watch as incredible car cam footage from a Tesla parked outside a restaurant… pic.twitter.com/ZLNs8BiEVV
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) May 24, 2024
"I can tell you two certain (deaths), but I can also tell you that this number will increase, he declared. "We are still looking for victims, I think we can still find survivors."
Insanely wild footage of car inside the Sanger / Valley View Texas tornado that happened tonight (May 25th 2024).
Video credit: Valenia Gill pic.twitter.com/ol0cmj8Vds
— ✞ Gabriel ✞ (@gabrielhaynes) May 26, 2024
Many injured
The sheriff was speaking at a storm-ravaged highway rest area, as dozens of people took refuge in the gas station for protection. "A lot" people were injured there, said Ray Sappington.
Some 375,000 homes were without power Sunday morning in Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas, according to the poweroutage.us website .
🚨🇺🇸 150 PEOPLE TRAPPED UNDER COLLAPSED SHELL STATION ROOF
A search and rescue mission is being conducted in a Shell gas station in Valley View, Texas, after a tornado brought it down on people who ran there to seek refuge.
Source: Times Now News https://t.co/2NaBNwLYPg pic.twitter.com/NV0XZNfLO1
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 26, 2024
Tornado warnings are still in effect in the region for Sunday, but according to the US Weather Service, the worst is over.