Boy, 14, Finds Body Of Retired Cop With Arm Around Dog That Survived Tornado
A 14-year-old neighbor found the Tapleys shortly after 6 o'clock Monday morning when neighbors realized the couple never emerged.
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A 14-year-old neighbor found the Tapleys shortly after 6 o'clock Monday morning when neighbors realized the couple never emerged.
"We thought we were going to die," said Angela Reed looking at her parents' dismantled home in Van, Texas.
By now you've all probably seen the incredible video of a pregnant woman, with a baby, being airlifted from a flooded home in Krum. Cameras followed the woman and her family as they returned to their home Monday to see the damage firsthand.
Two people have been confirmed dead after a tornado hit the town of Van, just east of Dallas. During a Monday afternoon press conference officials confirmed that the number of people unaccounted for was down from 14 to three.
In the midst of damage and devastation in Van, Texas, after a powerful twister tore through the town of about 2,600, residents showed their resiliency and patriotism as they began to clean up.
About two dozen people were injured and some homes destroyed after a severe storm struck the small town of Van in northeast Texas, an emergency management official said.
CBS 11 is closely tracking the onslaught of severe storms across North Texas.
The national weather service said an EF-1 tornado was on the ground for three miles in Wise County last night affecting an area about 200 yards wide.
A family in Noble, Oklahoma is thankful they didn't need to use their storm shelter Wednesday night. It popped out of the ground Wednesday morning.
Authorities say an Oklahoma City woman apparently drowned after taking cover in an underground storm shelter that later flooded.
A storm that produced tornadoes across parts of southwestern Oklahoma bore down on suburban Oklahoma City during the evening rush hour Wednesday, and forecasters declared a tornado emergency for suburban Moore, which was hit hard two years ago.
Last month there was a rash of EF-0 tornadoes, with winds between 65 and 85 mph, that hit in five North Texas counties. First there were eight, then 11, and now 15... well kind of.
An insurance group says last weekend's storms across north and central parts of Texas have caused at least $65 million in damage to vehicles.
On Tuesday, tourists hit the trails at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center. After storms on Monday, they watched in awe as Grevy's Zebra walked right up to their cars.
There were two people with very different reactions to Sunday night's tornadoes that spun around Rio Vista.
There were a total eight tornadoes that touched down in North Texas on Sunday and half of those touched down in the small town of Rio Vista.
It was a sleepless night for business owners and police in old Downtown Waxahachie. Long-time residents say it was the worst flooding in at least a decade.
Much of Rio Vista remains without power Monday morning after high winds and a possible tornado struck the town late Sunday night.
A massive clean up effort is underway in Moore, Oklahoma, after a tornado left a path of destruction Wednesday night.
There are few reminders of the tornado which roared through downtown Fort Worth fifteen years ago this week.
It was just two years ago that a huge tornado ripped through Moore, Oklahoma. Now, families there are cleaning up after another round of storms struck on Wednesday night.
Residents of the Meadowbrook neighborhood in East Fort Worth are fed up with tornado sirens that keep going off there.
Severe storms are expected throughout all of Thursday across North Texas. Heavy rain, very strong winds, large hail and even tornadoes are all possible.
The homes are rebuilt and schools are almost finished. Tuesday residents in Moore, Oklahoma started construction on a new hospital. The groundbreaking happened one year to the day after a tornado destroyed it all.
