Tornado Hits Canton

-- DFW AFTER TOPPING OUT AT 58
TODAY.
LET'S CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE ON
THE SEVERE WEATHER TODAY.
WE FIRST WANT TO GO TO
RESCUE CREWS THAT ARE MAKING
SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS
ACCOUNTED FOR RIGHT NOW.
TEXAS TASK FORCE 2, A SEARCH
AND RESCUE TEAM THAT INCLUDES
MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS FIRE AND
RESCUE DEPLOY TOLD THE --
CANTON AREA TONIGHT.
Reporter: THIS IS THE HUB,
THE TRIAGE CENTER, YOU CAN SEE
BEHIND ME.
A WHOLE LOT OF AMBULANCES, AND
THEN THEY ARE SENT TO AREA
HOSPITALS FROM HERE.
LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
WE'VE SEEN FOLKS COME IN
WRAPPED IN BLANKETS,
STRETCHERS, AND EVEN WHEEL
CHAIRS.
I'M TOLD THEIR JOURNEYS MINOR
TO MODERATE.
THESE FOLKS CAN'T GET OUT OF
THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY'RE
HURT OR THAT HEAVY DEBRIS.
FIRST RESPONDERS ARE HERE.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS IS A HUGE
COMMUNITY EFFORT TO CARE FOR
THE WOUNDED.
EVEN LOCAL NURSES AND DOCTORS
ARE HERE TONIGHT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT
AHEAD, BUT THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY
VERY PREPARED.
HERE IS A HALT THE DIVISION
CHIEF OF THE TEXAS MEDICAL
CENTER TOLD ME EARLIER.
THEY'RE OUT THERING UP
PATIENTS THAT ARE AT THE -- OUT
THE PATIENTS THAT ARE THERE
WHERE THE DID DEVASTATION WAS.
THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING
TO ALL OF THOSE CALLS BECAUSE
OF THE DO INSTRUCTION ON THE
ROAD.
Reporter: NOW, OUR CAMERAS
ARE NOT ACTUALLY ALLOWED INSIDE
OF THE TRIAGE CENTER.
THEY ASKED US TO LEAVE, BECAUSE
INSIDE, IT'S SO PACKED.
YOU HAVE THE FIRST RESPONDERS
AROUND, AS WELL AS THESE
DOCTORS AND NURSES WHO
VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IN ALL OF
THIS IS THAT THEY TELL ME THERE
ARE NO CRITICAL INJURIES.
ONE OF OUR STORM CHASERS,
JASON, WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
SEVERE WEATHER AND JOINS US NOW
ON THE PHONE.
YOU TALKED TO AN ELDERLY COUPLE
THAT GOT TRAPPED DURING THIS
STORM.
TELL ME ABOUT AND THAT ALSO
SOME OF THE DAMAGE YOU SAW OUT
THERE.
Reporter: I WAS ON THE
EVENT SIDE OF CANTON WHEN THAT
TORNADO MADE ITS WAY UP I-20,
AND WENT NORTH OF TOWN.
AS I TURNED INTO THE DODGE
DEALER SHIP, ONE OF THE MANY
AREAS IN THAT VICINITY THAT
WERE HIT, THERE WERE JUST CARS
EVERYWHERE.
CARS FROM THE HIGHWAY.
THE DEALERSHIP AREA, CARS FROM
THE DEALERSHIP WERE THROWN FROM
THE FIELD, THEN BACK ON TO THE
SERVICE ROAD, AND THE BUILDING
ITSELF WAS DESTROYED.
AND UNDERNEATH ONE OF THOSE
AREAS WAS A VEHICLE, AND RAN UP
TO THE VEHICLE.
YOU KNOW, OUR BIG THING ONCE
THE STORM HITS IS TO TRY TO DO
EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE CAN HELP ANYBODY,
AND AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN.
AND ONE OF THOSE VEHICLES,
THERE WAS AN ELDERLY COUPLE
INSIDE OF IT, AND THAT BUILDING
COLLAPSED DOWN ON TOP OF THEM.
WE LOST --
Reporter: TO THEM.
ALL RIGHT, JASON, YOUR
SIGNATURE IS BREAKING UP A
LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU GO.
SOME OF THOSE PICTURES THAT YOU
SHOT OUT THERE, THOUGH, THE CAR
DEALERSHIP IN PARTS LOOKING
LIKE A JUNK YARD.
AMAZING AND TERRIFYING STUFF.
I KNOW THAT'LL ROWELL IT'S AND
ROCK WALL EMERGENCY RESPONSE
TEAMS HAVE IS HEADED TO THE
AREA.
EDGAR SO LEASE IS IN -- SO LEE
IS IN NORTHEAST CAN'T -- SO LIZ
IS IN THE NORTHEAST CANTON
AREA.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
Reporter: I'M SEEING POWER
LINES DOWN.
I ACTUALLY TALKED TO ONE OF THE
JUDGES HERE IN THE COUNTY, AND
THEY ARE ACTUALLY AT A LOCATION
BUY A CREEK NEXT TO I-20,
SEARCHING FOR WHAT LOOKS TO BE
EITHER A BODY OR A VEHICLE
WHERE A BODY IS, IS WHAT THE
OFFICER HAS TOLD ME.
I'M WAITING ON THEM, AND IS --
SORRY.
NO, IT'S ALL RIGHT.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU'RE NEAR
A CREEK?
IS THIS A FLASH FLOODING
SITUATION YOU BELIEVE, EDGAR?
Reporter: ACTUALLY,
UNFORTUNATELY, I'M LOOKING AT
THE MORGUE PICKING UP A BODY
RIGHT OFF OF I-20 AS WE SPEAK
RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE (-- THEY ARE [
INAUDIBLE ] INTO THE -- THEY
ARE [ INAUDIBLE ] INTO THE
M.E.'S OFFICE.
THERE'S OFFICIALS.
THERE'S A COUNTY JUDGE, AND IT
SEEMS THAT THAT PERSON THAT [
INAUDIBLE ] WAS IN THE CREEK,
WHERE THERE'S, YOU KNOW,
PROBABLY A FEW DOZEN VEHICLES
FROM THERE.
WOW.
OKAY.
SO IS, YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY
KNEW FROM REPORTS OUT OF THAT
AREA THAT THIS WAS A DEADLY
STORM, BUT IF EDGAR'S REPORTING
THERE IS ACCURATE, AS WE
BELIEVE IT TO BE, IT LOOKS AS
TO THE MORE BODIES ARE ADDED TO
THE TOLL HERE.
SO A VERY SAD TURN OF EVENTS
THERE.
WE WANT TO MOVE ON A LITTLE
BIT HERE.
AS YOU SAW EARLIER, OUR STORM
CHASERS WERE RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF ALL OF THIS, AS THE
TORNADO WAS MOVING THROUGH, AS
IT HIT.
LET'S BRING IN JEFF RAY NOW TO
BRING OUT MORE OF WHAT THEY
WERE LOOKING FOR THERE, JEFF.
AS A STORM CHASER, YOU WERE
THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, AND
THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A
STORM CHASER.
JASON WAS JUST JOINING US
EARLIER.
HE'S GOING DOWN I-20, PULLING
IN TOWARDS CANTON.
THAT'S THE BACK EDGE OF THE
TORNADO.
SO HE WATCHED IT GO OVER THE
INTERSTATE, AND WE FLASH
FORWARD 45 SECONDS, AND HE'S
PULLING NOW INTO THE PATH OF
THIS TORNADO.
THIS LITERALLY JUST HAPPENED,
AND HE SEES IT FOR THE FIRST
TIME AS EVERYONE IS GETTING OUT
OF THEIR VEHICLES TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT JUST HIT THEM,
AND YOU HAVE EVERYTHING STREWN.

Tornado Hits Canton

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