Please pray for the victims of a massive tornado in North Texas. Raw video below shows just how powerful it was.

Storm damage to power lines, trees, vehicles and homes in the area near Atlantic Dr. and Delta Dr. in Rowlett, Texas, after heavy rain, high winds and tornados swepth through North Texas on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015. (Guy Reynolds/The Dallas Morning News)
Storm damage to power lines, trees, vehicles and homes in the area near Atlantic Dr. and Delta Dr. in Rowlett, Texas, after heavy rain, high winds and tornados swepth through North Texas on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015. (Guy Reynolds/The Dallas Morning News)

At least eight people died during an explosion of tornadoes that spread devastation across several North Texas cities as December’s unseasonably mild weather shifted in the most violent of ways.
RAW VIDEO OF THE STORM IN ROWLETT, TX:


Five deaths occurred in Garland in what police say were tornado-related traffic accidents near Interstate 30 and Bush Turnpike.

Joe Harn, a department spokesman, tied the fatalities to a confirmed tornado that hit that area about 6:45 p.m.

Officers were trying to determine whether there were any other casualties at the accident site, where a dozen or so vehicles had crashed. KXAS-TV (NBC5) reported that police were investigating whether vehicles might have been blown off a turnpike bridge.

“We’re dealing with darkness out here,” said Mike Hatfield, another department spokesman. “All of the street lights and highway lights are out.
VIA: DALLAS MORNING NEWS

 

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