Denton Fire Department reports multiple victims as storms hit North Texas Saturday night, May 25, 2024. Damage was also seen in Valley View, Texas
Community near Valley View suffered “heavy damage” in the storm late Saturday; gas station where people sheltered takes “a major hit;” tens of thousands lose power across D-FW area.A tornado that swept across the Cooke-Denton county line late Saturday killed at least five people, injured many more and obliterated homes in Valley View and surrounding areas, the Cooke County sheriff said early Sunday.
People injured in the storm were taken to area hospitals by ground and air ambulances, but the number of injuries in the county was not immediately known, Denton County community relations director Dawn Cobb said in a statement. Sappington declined to provide an estimate of the number of people hospitalized.Authorities said FRF Estates, a mobile home and trailer park in Valley View was hit. .
Sappington said the neighborhood of roughly 50-75 residences took “heavy damage.” The total path of destruction was about “3-4 miles from west to east” in the southern part of the Cooke County, near the Denton County border.He spoke in front of a Shell gas station that he said “took a major hit.” Sappington said multiple motorists stopped at the gas station to seek shelter during the storm.
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