At least six people were killed and scores more injured when tornadoes ripped through a stretch of Texas near Dallas-Fort Worth after dark on Wednesday, destroying homes and uprooting trees, authorities said, Reuters reports.
The twisters were the deadliest to hit the United States so far this year, and Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds said the toll could rise as rescue workers combed through houses, hampered by darkness that kept the full extent of the devastation hidden.
“At this point… I’ve got 14 people that are unaccounted for,” he told reporters.
At least three tornadoes were confirmed to have struck north-central Texas on Wednesday night. The worst damage was reported in Granbury, a town about 35 miles southwest of Fort Worth.
All six of the people confirmed killed were found in Rancho Brazos, a neighborhood of around 110 mostly single family homes on the fringe of Granbury that bore the brunt of the winds, Deeds said.
