Clean-up, recovery continue in North Texas after devastating and deadly May tornadoes
For many victims of the tornadoes, the hardest battle is to get money from their insurance companies.
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For many victims of the tornadoes, the hardest battle is to get money from their insurance companies.
This spring brought an extraordinary amount of rain, thunderstorms, and tornadoes to North Texas.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there had been 11 confirmed disasters so far this year with losses exceeding $1 billion, with the total price tag topping $25 billion.
That same parent thunderstorm that produced the tornado in Henderson County also moved through Van Zandt County.
The past 40 days have been challenging for the farmers and ranchers in Texas. According to the Texas Division of Emergency Management, more than 500 have reported storm and flood-related damage and loss.
Officials say they found a wiring issue Wednesday, where power is drawn from the building. They say the issue has been fixed and the siren is back in service.
Over 110 people stopped by the Valley View Community Center for help Wednesday. Aurora Ortiz came in because she needed help with a funeral for a tornado victim.
The scenes of devastation in the tight-knit community are mind-boggling.
"Take pictures of it, list it out, take video of it if you can."
Jeff Collinsworth said he can still hear Saturday's tornado in Valley View and his neighbor's piercing cries for help.
"We're all brothers, no matter where we come from, what we do, or what our background is, and we take care of each other."
"Everything's gone, it's devastated. It's our life's work."
"I thought 'If I die, then I want people to know how I die.'"
The walls of the gas station may have crumbled in the face of wind speeds up to 135 miles per hour as a tornado raced through Saturday night., tossing tractor-trailers into the building with ease and smashing windows, but this building served as a refuge for more than 125 people.
Three of the horses made it to safety, five weren't so lucky as winds up to nearly 165 mph tore through the countryside.
A tornado destroyed parts of Valley View. At least the damage can produce a recovery path. The lives lost Saturday night won't come back.
As of Monday, NWS Survey teams say four tornadoes hit North Texas Saturday night.
"All of a sudden, we felt the air get sucked right out, so we went running in. When I was running to the cooler, I could see the ceiling heave up."
Governor Greg Abbott, state and local officials and non-profits are responding to the storms that left at least seven dead in North Texas.
The powerful tornado that struck North Texas Saturday night destroyed multiple homes at the Ray Roberts Marina.
Residents and business owners continue to clean up the mess left behind after an EF-2 tornado ripped through Temple Wednesday night.
The damage left behind from the tornado is unclear.
After a tornado tore through Dallas' Midway Hollow neighborhood in October 2019, the city placed temporary traffic lights that have caused the community more harm than help.
"Jesus was with me. He led me there."
Many roads and highways are shut down in the Oklahoma town after a tornado touched down overnight Monday. Barnsdall is located about 40 miles north of Tulsa.
Stephen Lawrence just passed the one-year remembrance of his son's death in Mesquite. He marked the occasion by filing a lawsuit against the officer who killed Payton Lawrence.
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It will warm back into the upper 50s on Saturday, another typical winter day to start the season.
Officers responded to the 1100 block of Franklin Street amid 911 reports of a dangerous dog attacking people and another dog.
"I get called Nana, Nonny, Grandma, Granny," she said with a laugh. "Sometimes I don't even know my own name."
Stephen Lawrence just passed the one-year remembrance of his son's death in Mesquite. He marked the occasion by filing a lawsuit against the officer who killed Payton Lawrence.
You can meet Santa and his elves at Santaland and then move to interactive rooms with photo opportunities and snowy surprises.
Four suspects are in custody in Tarrant County facing charges related to multiple crimes, including robbery, murder and animal cruelty.
It will warm back into the upper 50s on Saturday, another typical winter day to start the season.
Officers responded to the 1100 block of Franklin Street amid 911 reports of a dangerous dog attacking people and another dog.
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A North Texas couple vetted and hired a local company for their move to Oregon, not knowing someone else would be taking their things.
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"The mystery has finally been solved," Congo's health ministry says, after an unidentified disease outbreak started killing mainly women and children in a remote region.
The sisters share a special bond of getting a second chance at life, which they both received at the age of 38 years old.
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"The events are not a mismanagement of business, but an intentional act to deceive and deprive," an investigator said.
According to the report, 15,151 Texas workers are owed back wages.
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