'It's such a panic mode.'
Damaged buildings and vehicles after a tornado struck Perryton, Texas, June 15, 2023.Perryton is a rural town that sits in the panhandle of Texas, minutes from the Oklahoma border. To say it's small would be an understatement -- its population is around 9,000. In a town like this, everybody knows everybody, and the pain brought on byThe town is reeling over the loss of three people, including an 11-year-old boy. On Thursday evening, crews searched for one missing person.
A vehicle sits at the entrance to the Ellis Theater after a tornado struck Perryton, Texas, June 15, 2023.While more than 200 structures were completely demolished in Perryton by the tornado, this neighborhood was hit the first and presumably the worst. Friday morning, we caught up with Fire Chief Paul Dutcher as crews worked to put out another smoldering fire in the area.
A block away, Julio Garcia Merces is standing guard outside what used to be his daughter's trailer home. The structure is barely standing; the roof and walls are torn apart, and a neighbor's trailer seems to have landed on the back end of her home. As Merces got everyone in the 3-by-4 room, he says he fought the wind. It threw him up in the air and against the particle-board walls like a rag doll. His blood splattered on the cream-colored walls as proof.
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