North Texans are among the emergency responders called to rescue and dig through the rubble left by an EF-2 tornado in Perryton, a small city in the Texas Panhandle.
, more than 100 people are reported injured. Three are confirmed dead, including an 11-year-old boy.
“We immediately began doing search and rescue operations in the impacted area. About 120 different homes or structures were searched early this morning through midafternoon,” said search and rescue liaison officer Stephen Bjune.“The big thing coming back [from our team] was they just can't believe that there was so much damage in such a tight area and that there weren’t more people hurt or more people killed, which is a real blessing in an event like this,” he said.
That includes the Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System which brought in crews from DFW cities like Trophy Club, Euless, Justin and Roanoke.
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