The Texas tornado went through this place: there are victims, tens of thousands of people without light (photo, video)

Severe weather struck across North Texas on Monday night, 21 October, particularly affected Dallas and the surrounding area, where «landed» a powerful tornado. A tornado caused significant damage to homes, businesses, parks. According to preliminary information, the storm injured at least six people, was hospitalized. Of the fatal cases had no information.

Wow! Some phenomenal and photogenic shots of this tornado! Credit: @pktfulloshells @ZachHolderWx #Dallas #Texas #Dallastornado #Texastornado #Tornado #Severeweather pic.twitter.com/aXCfOB9qAb

— WeatherKannon (@Weatherkannon) October 21, 2019

After 21.00 on Sunday, October 20, residents of Dallas County, warned about the need to immediately take shelter from the elements.

There have been numerous reports of damage along Interstate-635 in North Dallas where many homes are destroyed, wrecked cars.

According to CBS 11 meteorologist Scott Padgett, the wind speed during a storm can reach or exceed 111 miles per hour.

MY COWORKER WITH THE DALLAS TORNADO 🌪

Get in the baggg💼#DallasTornado #Tornado pic.twitter.com/TWd41beEBd

— Summer (@OP_YellowFlash_) October 21, 2019

In Dallas, a hurricane tore roofs off houses, overturned cars and uprooted or snapped trees.

International airport Dallas/Fort worth were canceled dozens of flights. The storm also affected the city of Richardson and Midlothian, in North Texas, where temporarily canceled classes in schools because of the outages.

The mayor of Dallas, Eric Johnson reported that the city opened a shelter at the Bachman Recreation Centerwhere the Red Cross to help the victims.

Whoa… Insane view of Dallas tornado that moved through moments ago. pic.twitter.com/Uzmzy2JGBA

— Dakota Smith (@weatherdak) October 21, 2019

According to Oncor, as of 4:40 a.m. Monday, October 21, in North Texas, about 130 thousand people were left without electricity.

Emergency crews are working to restore power to the system while the school district decide the question of the possible cancellation of classes in schools.

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