The dazed residents of a remote north Texas county sifted through their mangled homes after seven people there were killed when a tornado ripped through the region near the tiny community of Valley View.
This week’s Insider Deals are so good you’ll want all of themA Guadalupe Virgin statue is seen in the destroyed home of Juana Landeros, who rode out deadly tornado with her husband and her 9-year-old son when it rolled through the previous night, Sunday, May 26, 2024, in Valley View, Texas.
Kevin Dorantes, 20, was in nearby Carrollton when he learned the tornado was bearing down on the Valley View neighborhood where he lived with his father and brother. He called and told them to take cover in the windowless bathroom, where the pair rode out the storm and survived without injury.As he wandered through the neighborhood surveying downed power lines and devastated properties, he came upon a family whose home was reduced to a pile of splintered rubble.
Cynthia De La Cruz said her family hoped to put some of their possessions into storage while they figure out where they’re going to live. Christopher Landeros, 19, was at dinner in nearby Lewisville when his mom, Juana Landeros, called him and said, “come find us in the truck.”
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