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>>> WE
>>> WE BEGIN TODAY WITH BREAKING NEWS.
BREAKING NEWS. SEVERE WEATHER+@ CAUSINGDAMAGE
ACROSS TEXAS.
ACROSS TEXAS. THERE WAS ONILRAINFALL
BUT IT WAS THE POWERFUL WIND
THAT DID MOST OF THE DAMAGE.
>> OH MY GOD THE CRANE IS
FALLING OVER.
FALLING OVER. OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD.
>>> THAT WAS THE MOMENT IT
HAPPENED THERE.
HAPPENED THERE. SOCIAL MEDIA GIVING US A LOOK
AT WHEN THE CRANE COLLAPSED.
AND FRANKLIN CAMPBELL SHOWED US
THE FIRST IMAGES OF THE MASS
DESTRUCTION INSIDE.
DESTRUCTION INSIDE. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US I'M
JASO+@N WHEELER.
JASO+@N WHEELER. HD CHOPPER 8 HAS BEEN FALLING
OVER THE ELON CITY LIGHTS
APARTMENT NEAR U.S. 75 SINCE
THAT HAPPENED EARLIER TODA+@Y.
WE KNOW THAT ONE PERSON HAS
DIED.
DIED.
DIED. SEVERAL MORE PEOPLE ARE
HOSPITALIZED WITH SERIOUS
INJURIES.
INJURIES.
INJURIES. AND A PORTION OF EVERY SINGLE
LEVEL OF+@ THE PARKING GARAGE
THERE COLLAPSED AFTER THAT
CRANE CAME CRASHING DOWN INTO
IT.
IT.
IT. DAVID
IT. DAVID GOINS IS LIVE AT THE
SCENE.
SCENE.
SCENE. HAS BEEN ALL AFTERNOON LONG.
GIVING US UPDATES THERE.
WHAT'S THE LATEST, DAVID.
>> Reporter: DEVASTATING SCENE
OUT HERE AND STILL VERY MUCH
UNFOLDING.
UNFOLDING. YOU SEE THAT ELON CITY LIGHTS
BUILDING BEHIND ME.
I'M GOING TO STEP OFF SO YOU
CAN SEE THE CRANE THAT FELL
EAST TO WEST RIGHT AROUND 2:00.
IT'S WHERE IT'S BEEN FOR THE
LAST 3.5 HOURS STILL DOZENS OF
DFR CREWS HERE ON SCENE.
+@
+@ WE
+@ WE KNOW OF THOSE SEVEN INJURIES
JASON.
JASON.
JASON. ONE DOES INCLUDE THAT
INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS ON TOP OF
THAT DFR.
THAT DFR.
THAT DFR. THERE ARE THREE DOG TEAMS FROM
DFR THAT ARE DESIGNED TO TRACK
PEOPLE WHO ARE ARRIVE.
DFR MADE A POINT TO SAY RIGHT
NOW IT HASN'T RECEIVED ANY
SPECIFIC REPORTS OF ANYONE
MISSING INSIDE THAT APARTMENT
BUILDING BUT THEY'R+@E GOING
THROUGH EVERY APARTMENT.
THE VIEW FROM THE GROUND IS
JUST AS DEVASTATING AS SO MANY
PEOPLE HAVE SEEN PICTURES FROM
SOCIAL MEDIA.
SOCIAL MEDIA. VIDEOS SHOW THE COLLAPSE OF
THAT PARKING GARAGE.
+@ ONE PERSON WE SPOKE TO +@
DESCRIBED THE CRANE COLLAPSE
WITH A LONG DEEP GROWL.
HE SAID YOU COULD HEAR
EVERYTHING INSIDE THE BUILDING
BREAKING HE SAID IS WHAT IT
SOUNDED LIKE.
SOUNDED LIKE. THEN HE WENT INTO THE PARKING
GARAGE AND SAW EVEN MORE.
>> THE BACK OF HIS WINDOW
STRUGGLING.
STRUGGLING. ME AND ONE O+@F MY NEIGHBORS SA
WE HAVE TO GET HIM OUT OF
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. HE'S IN THAT CRANE THAT'S
FALLING, IT'S ABOUT TO FALL.
>> Reporter: DAVID MENDOZA YOU
HEARD FROM THERE.
HE WAS ABLE TO GET HIS NEIGHBOR
OUT OF THE CAR.
HE SAID HE RELEVANTLY WASN'T
INJURED BUT WAS IN SHOCK.
PEOPLE WHO LIVE INSIDE THE ELON
CITY LIGHTS BUILDING WERE ASKED
TO COME TO THE LATINO CULTURAL
CENTER JUST OFF TO MY RIGHT AND
KIND OF THE LEFT OF THE CAMERA,
MOST PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY
CHECKED IN TO LET PEOPLE KNOW
THEY'RE OKAY BUT A LOT OF
PEOPLE SHOWED UP HERE LATE THIS
PEOPLE SHOWED UP HERE LATE THIS@ AFTERNOON, WEREN'T INSIDE WHEN
THIS HAPPENED BUT JUST LETTING
PEOPLE KNOW THEY ARE OKAY.
FOR CONTEXT JASON.
THERE ARE 498 APARTMENTS INSIDE
SO THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE
IMPACTED CONSERVATIVELY HAVE
BEEN ABOUT 1,000 OR MORE.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK FOR
+@
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK FOR DFR IS STILL CONTINUING AS THEY
ARE GOING THROUGH EACH
APARTMENT TO MAKE SURE NO ONE
ELSE MAY BE TRAPPED.
JASON.
JASON.
JASON. >>
JASON. >> JUST STUNNING THAT CAN
HAPPEN TO SO MANY PEOPLE WHEN
THEY'RE JUST INSIDE OF THEIR
APARTMENT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
>> THE OTHER BIG +@STORY WE'RE
FOLLOWING IS NOT JUST ONLY THAT
SCENE IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS BUT
THE MORE EXTENSIVE TRAIL OF
+@ WEATHER ALL ACROSS NORTH TEXAS.
WATCH AS THE WINDS BLEW THAT
WINDOW DOWN BELOW TO THOSE
CARS.
CARS.
CARS. AND
CARS. AND PART OF A ROOF OF SECTION
OF A DOOR PEELED OFF A
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES MAINT+@ENANC
HANGER +@IN LOVE FIELD.
THEY THOUGHT QUICKLY ADGT
OUT OF THAT HANGER WHICH IS
REALLY WISE TO DO BECA+@USE YOU
SEE ALL THAT DAMAGE CAUSED
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. ALL THE WIND AND LIGHTNING HAS
CAUSED BIG POWER OUTAGES ALL
ACROSS OUR AREA.
RIGHT NOW NORTH TEXAS HAS
NEARLY 300,000 PEOPLE, 300,000
CUSTOMERS I S+@HOULD SAY WITHOU
ELECTRICITY.
ELECTRICITY. THAT C+@OULDBMTILPEPE
THAT C+@OULDBMTILPEPE IN THOSE HOMES TOO.
ONCOR SAYS MOST OF THOSE
OUTAGES ARE IN DALLAS WHERE AT
LEAST 250,000 CUSTOMERS DON'T
HAVE ELECTRICITY AND SOME OF
THEM WON'T HAVE POWER BACK
UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT WE'RE
BEING TOLD.
BEING TOLD. COLLIN COUNTY HAS ABOUT 24,000
PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER.
AND THERE ARE ALSO OUTAGES IN
TARRANT AND DENTON COUNTIES.
LOOK AT THE MAP WE'RE SHOWING
YOU HERE.
YOU HERE.
YOU HERE. THIS IS FROM ONCOR COMMUNITIES
ALL OVER NORTH TEXAS DEALING
WITH OUTAGES +@RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE LINKED THIS UP THIS MAP
AND A LOT OF INFORMATION IT'S
AT WFAA.COM.
AT WFAA.COM. IT INCLUDES +@INFORMATION ON HO
YOU CAN LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU
HAVE LOST YOUR POWER SO YOU
KNOW YOU'RE ONE OF THE ONES WHO
NEEDS SERVICE RESTORED.
IF YOU HAVE CELL PHONE SERVICE
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET SOME
HELP BY LOOKING AT THAT.
>>> IN MANY SPOTS THE BIG CLEAN
UP IS ALREADY UNDER WAY.
>> Reporter: IF PEOPLE IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD DESCRIBE POWERFUL
WIND.
WIND.
WIND. I'M
WIND. I'M TALKING POWERFUL WIND FOR
FIVE STRAIGHT MINUTES THIS IS
THE SCENE ACROSS SO MANY
NEIGHBORHOODS HERE IN NORTH
DALLAS.
DALLAS.
DALLAS. WE'RE AT MEANDERING WAY AND
LOCH VIEW.
LOCH VIEW. WITHIN A TWO MILE RADIUS FROM
WHERE WE ARE, THERE IS THREE
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE. LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. THIS LARGE 60-YEAR-OLD MAPLE
CRASHED RIGHT DOWN TO THE
CORNER OF THE HOUSE.
IT NICKED THE CORNER OF THE
HOME THERE'S AN OFFICE SPACE
DOWN THERE.
DOWN THERE. TALK+@ED TO THE COUPLE.
LOVELY COUPLE.
LOVELY COUPLE. THEY ARE OKAY.
NOBODY WAS HURT.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO COME ALL THE
WAY AROUND SO WE CAN SHOW YOU
THE SHEER SIZE OF THIS TREE.
CLEARLY A VERY MATURE TREE,
VERY HIGH.
VERY HIGH. LOOK AT THE ROOF.
THIS IS WHAT CAME DOWN ABOUT 2-
1/2 HOURS AGO.
CLIPPED DOWN THE CORNER OF THE @
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
HOUSE. THEY'RE LOOKING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT THE NEXT MOVE IS HERE.
WE'VE SEEN TREES ON CARS+@.
TREES ON HOUSES.
+@
TREES ON HOUSES. TREES ON POWER LINES.
THE KEY NOW IS THAT CLEAN UP