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Five dead, major storm damage in Cooke and Denton counties after tornado warning Saturday (Texas)
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Five dead, major storm damage in Cooke and Denton counties after tornado warning Saturday
NWS crews will determine the strength, track of any tornadoes that touched down Saturday
By NBCDFW Staff • Published May 26, 2024 • Updated 3 mins ago
Five people are dead after severe storms spawned a Tornado Warning in several North Texas counties late Saturday night blamed for major damage in Cooke and Denton counties.
Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington confirmed five fatalities and 20 injuries in Saturday night's storm. Sappington also confirmed first responders are looking for two missing children.
Sappington said an AP Travel Center-Shell station on Lone Oak Road off Interstate 35 south of Valley View was hit very hard as well as Frf Estates area, a mobile home and RV park neighborhood west of the gas station.
“We do have five confirmed (dead), but sadly, we think that that number is probably going to go up,” Sappington said. ”There’s nothing left of this house. It’s just a trail of debris left. The devastation is pretty severe.”
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Five dead, major storm damage in Cooke and Denton counties after tornado warning Saturday
NWS crews will determine the strength, track of any tornadoes that touched down Saturday
By NBCDFW Staff • Published May 26, 2024 • Updated 3 mins ago
Five people are dead after severe storms spawned a Tornado Warning in several North Texas counties late Saturday night blamed for major damage in Cooke and Denton counties.
Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington confirmed five fatalities and 20 injuries in Saturday night's storm. Sappington also confirmed first responders are looking for two missing children.
Sappington said an AP Travel Center-Shell station on Lone Oak Road off Interstate 35 south of Valley View was hit very hard as well as Frf Estates area, a mobile home and RV park neighborhood west of the gas station.
“We do have five confirmed (dead), but sadly, we think that that number is probably going to go up,” Sappington said. ”There’s nothing left of this house. It’s just a trail of debris left. The devastation is pretty severe.”
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