Officials: Estimates Show EF-2 Twister Hit Rice
RICE (AP)- According to Bill Bunting, with the National Weather Service, it is believed that the tornado that struck Sunday in Rice, a town located 45 miles south of Dallas, was an EF-2. Winds are estimated to have been at 120 mph.
Four people suffered minor injuries as tornadoes spun through parts of North Texas, overturning vehicles and damaging a school complex.
A school district advisory says classes were canceled Monday in Rice, a town of about 950.
Aerial experts will be flying over area Monday afternoon to determine the extent of the damage.
Navarro County Chief Deputy Mike Cox says Rice Elementary School and five homes were damaged during a tornado late Sunday afternoon.
Cox says a truck traveling on Interstate 45 overturned, striking a car, leaving four people with non-life threatening injuries. Cox also says part of a freight train derailed and left two train cars, near the high school, on their side.
Sheriff's dispatcher Alyssa Wilchar told The Associated Press early Monday that no other reports of injuries have been received.
The National Weather Service says another tornado damaged some homes in Hunt County, in the Lone Oak area.
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