The National Weather Service surveyed the damage<\/a> and confirmed that the storm spawned two tornados in communities northwest of Fort Worth. \u00a0<\/p>\n An EF-2 tornado with peak winds of 135 miles per hour hit the Runaway Bay area, and an EF-1 tornado with peak winds of 105 mph was confirmed in the Springtown area.\u00a0<\/p>\n Two people were killed and many others were injured. Multiple families were displaced in the hardest-hit areas, according to local officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n Thousands of Texans were without power over the weekend, but the local utility company only reported about 500 outages by Monday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Residents in the area described a terrifying scene as the storm moved through the region, bringing powerful winds and destruction.<\/p>\n \u201cYou could hear the wind. You could hear the sound of a freight train,\u201d said Kelly Ince, a Runaway Bay resident who rode out the storm with her family.<\/p>\n Locals scrambled to get to shelter as conditions worsened.<\/p>\n \u201cHuddled up and prayed,\u201d said Amber Thompson, who took cover with her three children.<\/p>\n The storm overturned RVs, damaged homes and downed dozens of utility poles, leaving debris scattered across the region.<\/p>\n Among those impacted are longtime residents Donald and Lisa Self, who said they narrowly avoided being home when the tornado struck.<\/p>\n \u201cLuckily, we weren’t here. We left right before it hit,\u201d Donald Self said.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAnd we still have each other,” echoed his wife, Lisa self.<\/p>\n The couple, who have been together for 33 years, said it was their first time experiencing a tornado.<\/p>\n \u201cYesterday was very scary. We always had that thought it happens to everybody else \u2014 it doesn\u2019t happen to us,\u201d Lisa Self said. “Well, it did.”<\/p>\n Already facing personal challenges, Lisa Self is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Despite losing their home, she said they are focused on what matters most.<\/p>\n \u201cAll this stuff will be replaced,\u201d she said. \u201cThank God we\u2019re OK.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Runaway Bay Mayor Herman White said the storm also brought unusually large hail and significant infrastructure damage.<\/p>\n \u201cLargest hail I\u2019ve ever seen or heard in Runaway Bay, ever since I\u2019ve been here since \u201985,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n He said Oncor reported at least 64 utility poles down, with power lines scattered across roadways. Authorities blocked several roads due to safety concerns.<\/p>\n The mayor also expressed grief over the loss of life in the small community.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s terrible. These are just not citizens \u2014 they\u2019re friends,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Cleanup efforts began early Sunday, with neighbors stepping in to help one another clear debris and begin rebuilding.<\/p>\n Despite the devastation, residents say the community is already coming together to support those affected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"National Weather Service teams confirmed that an EF-2 and an EF-1 tornado struck northern Texas on Saturday night.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-268280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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