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  • Tornadoes in Texas, Deadly Storms in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee Kill 25

    Tornadoes in Texas and related storms in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee claimed 25 lives since Wednesday.

    At many as 11 people died when tornadoes touched down in Garland, Texas.

    Ari Sarsalari is a meteorologist for The Weather Channel. She says the line of storms responsible for the tornadoes in Texas isn’t over.

    “It’s going to get a lot worse,” she said.

    One of the tornadoes in Texas was at least an EF-3.

    Storms rolled into Alabama on Sunday, causing serious flooding.

    Governor Robert Bentley declared a state of emergency so people could deal with the flooding just before Christmas Day tornados uprooted countless trees and even tore rooftops off homes. Like the tornadoes in Texas, one touched down in Alabama’s most populated city–Birmingham–but there were no fatalities there.

    Severe storms were predicted for Mississippi well into Sunday night.

    “Tornadoes are possible and residents are asked to remain weather aware,” the EMA said.

    Weather officials have said he tornadoes in Texas and across the south, as well as the line of strong storms, are likely caused by the unseasonably warm air. That warm air is expected to continue throughout the next few days, meaning the frightening line of bad weather likely isn’t over yet.

    Woman surveys #tornado damage from #GarlandTX. Heartbreaking scene as homes literally ripped to shreds. @nbcdfw

    A photo posted by Amanda Guerra (@amandita_senorita) on

  • Tornadoes In Texas Leave At Least 11 Dead Over Holiday Weekend

    Tornadoes in Texas happen “from time to time … but it’s certainly not something that happens regularly,” according to area meteorologist Matt Bishop.

    A nearly 40-mile stretch from 20 miles south of Dallas to northeast of the city is in utter ruin because of tornadoes in Texas, specifically in the Dallas area.

    Police Lt. Pedro Barineau from Garland, a suburb of Dallas, said on Sunday morning that the tornadoes in Texas left 11 dead and 15 injured. The death toll from the storms has gone up by three since then.

    He said, “This is a huge impact on our community and we’re all suffering.”

    He added, “Driving around the area, you can see that it’s total devastation.”

    Here is some amazing amateur video of the tornado that struck Dallas (some language NSFW):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCyCOaOMcAs

    At least 600 structures, mostly single family homes, were damaged by the tornadoes in Texas.

    In Rowlett, another suburb near Garland, Dale Vermurlen suffered only minor damage to his home, but some of his neighbors lost everything.

    He described the furor of the tornadoes in Texas, saying, “I grabbed both dogs by the collars and held on to the toilet. I said ‘OK this could be it boys.’”

    The tornadoes in Texas are just one of the strange and extreme weather phenomena that are hammering the state.

    On Sunday, tornadoes in Texas give way to news of blizzards across west Texas which are expected to drop up to 16 inches of snow and cause hazardous driving conditions for holiday travelers heading home across the state.

    According to CTV news, “Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, said the snow caused 178 weather-related accidents by Saturday night, with about 58 involving people with injuries. Officials also shut down a stretch of Interstate 40 leading to the Texas border because of hazardous driving conditions. The National Weather Service said snow drifts more than 7 feet high have been reported.”

    Were you affected by the tornadoes in Texas?

  • Tornadoes in Texas Kill 11 Near Dallas

    Tornadoes in Texas Kill 11 Near Dallas

    Tornadoes in Texas are responsible for the deaths of 11 people. A line of storms barreled through Texas this weekend, spawning tornadoes in the Dallas area. That same line is expected to dump up to two feet of snow in west and north Texas.

    Ari Sarsalari is a meteorologist for The Weather Channel. She says the line of storms responsible for the tornadoes in Texas isn’t over.

    “It’s going to get a lot worse,” she said.

    One of the tornadoes in Texas that touched down in Fort Worth was at least an EF-3.

    Eight people were killed when a tornado touched down in Garland, Texas. Not far from there, Rowlett, Texas was hard hit, too.

    “Damage is widespread,” Rowlett City Manager Brian Funderburk said at an early Sunday news conference.

    Rowlett Police Chief Mike Brodnax said, “There’s some areas where it’s not even safe for homeowners to get into.”

    “We’re still waiting for daylight so we can really see what happened,” Rowlett Fire Chief Neil Howard said.

    NBC5 reporter Amanda Guerra shared a devastating Instagram shot of some of the damage the tornadoes in Texas caused.

    “Woman surveys #tornado damage from #GarlandTX. Heartbreaking scene as homes literally ripped to shreds. @nbcdfw,” she captioned it.

    It’s uncertain if local authorities have completely assessed all the damage, injuries, and loss of lives in the wake of these tornadoes in Texas. The whole area is still on alert for fear more storms are coming.