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Originally published April 3, 2012 at 11:34 AM | Page modified April 4, 2012 at 10:15 AM
Tornado-wrecked Dallas begins assessing damage
Thousands are still without power and hundreds of homes are damaged after tornadoes ripped across Dallas and Fort Worth.
Associated Press
G.J. MCCARTHY / AP
Big-rig trailers were smashed, homes destroyed and airplanes damaged at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport when tornadoes and storms hit the area Tuesday.
AP
This frame grab provided by KDFW-TV shows tornado damage at the Flying J truck stop on Tuesday in Lancaster, Texas. Several reported tornadoes tore through the Dallas area on Tuesday, tossing semis in the air and leaving crumpled tractor trailers strewn along highways and in truck stop parking lots.
Thousands are still without power and hundreds of homes are damaged after tornadoes ripped across Dallas and Fort Worth.
The National Weather Service planned to survey the destruction Wednesday before saying exactly how many tornadoes swept through the region. Early reports gathered by meteorologists indicated that as many as a dozen twisters touched down during a wrecking-ball swath of violent weather Tuesday.
Despite the intensity of the slow-moving storms, as of late Tuesday no fatalities or serious injuries had been reported, though there were several less serious injuries.
The Red Cross put a preliminary estimate of damaged homes at 650.
Among the hardest cities hit was the southern Dallas suburb of Lancaster. Around 150 people remained in a shelter there late Tuesday.
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