Two children were killed in Texas as a series of storms, including reports of tornadoes, swept through the state Saturday.
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The children, ages 8 and 3, were killed when a tree fell on a car Saturday afternoon, trapping them inside, according to the Angelina County Sheriff's Department. They were pronounced dead at the scene. In Franklin, Texas, a tornado touched down and destroyed homes Saturday, injuring about a dozen people described as walking wounded and sending two people to the emergency room, Robertson County Sheriff Gerald Yezak said.
"A strip of homes on the other side of town over here are completely gone, just gone, everything is gone," Robertson County Emergency Management Coordinator Billy Huggins said.that after a preliminary damage assessment, the tornado in Robertson County was estimated to have a peak intensity of EF-3 with winds of 140 mph. The damage survey will continue over the next several days, the service said.
On my way to Franklin with my youngest son for his Select Ball tournament, which turned into a storm chase. Was too far behind to get to the Franklin tornado, but did see some funnel clouds w/another supercell that blew up SE of the Franklin storm. Pray for those impacted.
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