![]() ![]() One person was taken to the hospital and the other was treated at the scene.īradshaw said it's believed to be a tornado that caused the damage south of Decatur. The office of emergency management said one person was injured from flying debris while traveling in their vehicle and the other was injured when their vehicle overturned due to high winds. There were multiple reports of damage to homes and businesses near Decatur, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) northwest of Dallas, the Wise County Office of Emergency Management said. Photos sent by the police department showed a home without a roof, a tree that had been split in half and an overturned vehicle in a parking lot. In North Richland Hills, another Fort Worth suburb near Grapevine, about 20 homes and businesses were damaged in the storm, North Richland Hills police said. Several schools lost power in the area and two elementary schools released students early because they were still without power at noon. "And so now we're starting the process of going through the city looking at damage to property, to businesses, homes and then roads to see what needs to be closed, what we can open and how soon we can open them." "So the main thing is that we've got everyone in a safe place," McNew said just after noon. Grapevine police spokesperson Amanda McNew said there have been five confirmed injuries related to the storms there and no fatalities. Authorities on Tuesday morning reported that dozens of homes and businesses were damaged and several people injured.īradshaw said there was likely a tornado touchdown in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine, where two or three businesses were damaged and some homes as well. The line of thunderstorms that moved across North Texas in the early morning hours brought tornadoes, damaging winds, hail and heavy rain, said National Weather Service meteorologist Tom Bradshaw. DALLAS (AP) - A massive storm blowing across the country spawned tornadoes in parts of Oklahoma and Texas, including the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as much of the central United States from the Rocky Mountains to the Midwest braced Tuesday for blizzard-like conditions.
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