We start of course, with the latest on
the storm damage left across North Texas.
The two cities where we are seeing the most
damage are Grapevine and Decatur and Decatur.
Our crews saw several buildings damaged,
including homes.
And check out this video from Michael Lopez.
You can see power flashes
off in the distance there.
Multiple homes were damaged and
emergency crews there report 2 injuries.
One person was hurt after being hit
with flying debris while driving.
The other person's car was overturned
due to high wind and in blue.
Bridge which is in Collin
County just NE of McKinney.
More.
Roofs ripped off and some
buildings completely leveled.
No reports of damage there but
schools in the area did release
early for the day and in Grapevine
we are hearing five people are
dealing with storm related injuries.
You can see multiple power poles are snapped.
We also know homes and businesses
suffered major damage as well.
Listen to what a resident
told our photojournalist about
the storm hitting his office.
I'm really surprised it took part
of the roof off my office over here.
I mean, it damaged all of my.
Stuff back here.
I had a car poured over there.
It's over in the neighbors yard
trailers that just picked them up and
turned them sideways and it a lot
more damage than I expected it to be.
You know, you can see those strong storms
that started out West early in the morning,
ended up sweeping across North Texas.
We want to get out live to Grapevine
where our Cynthia Easyeda leads.
Our coverage this evening isn't
what are you seeing where you are?
I am seeing a lot of destruction Morgan.
I'm on the North End of Grapevine,
right off of Hwy.
114 and Northwest Highway,
and one of the cleanup crew guys
just came up to me and said This
is why people need to take cover.
He has picked up at least 50 pieces of
thick glass from the lawn of that house
alone within the last couple of hours.
Also look at this behind me,
this street sign that just got tossed
over here from who knows where.
And look at that wrapped around
that pole there is aluminum.
That came from a building on the other
side of this house, to the right of me.
Just destruction everywhere.
The mayor here, Mayor William D
Tate for the city of Grapevine,
has signed a disaster declaration should
this community qualify for federal funding?
Because he says that a tornado touched
down in multiple areas here in Grapevine,
including.
In your neighborhood, Michelle.
Michelle has been a resident of
Grapevine for many, many years.
First of all.
I'm so glad you're OK,
Michelle.
Thank you. How are you feeling?
I'm overwhelmed right now, but we're safe.
So I thank God for that. And.
We'll just clean it up and go on.
Describe the moment it happened.
Well, I had gone in the closet with my
three dogs and my husband was looking out
the bedroom window watching it all happen.
But I heard the I heard the big noise.
And I could see my bathroom windows
and I saw all the debris hitting and.
Flying all over it was just
a very scary moment.
What's the best way to describe it?
Well, you know, it happened so fast,
it's hard to even put it into words.
It just, I knew instantly what was happening.
But what, you just have to stay safe.
And, and that's my biggest message.
When you hear the warnings,
do what you're supposed to do and get,
you know,
get get yourself to safety.
We're glad that you did, Michelle.
We're glad that you're OK.
And that is the good news.
From the city of Grapevine.
We had five injuries.
Five people were taken to the hospital.
Morgan.
None of them with life.
Threatening injuries.
One more piece of good news.
As you know, Grapevine is known
as the Christmas capital of Texas.
I'm being told that historic
downtown Grapevine took no damage.
All activities will proceed as normal for
the rest of the evening and throughout
the rest of the holiday season.
We're back again at 5:00 and 6:00
with more from Grapevine until then.
We'll send it back to you.
All right, Izzy, thank you. Some good
news after a really tough day out there.
We do have crews spread out in areas
hit hard by today's storms demand.
Fernandez spent the day. In Decatur,
where the National Weather Service
is assessing a possible tornado.
I'm demand Fernandez in Decatur
along County Road 2264 right now,
where you can see crews are hard at work
behind me cleaning up some of the mess
that was left behind after earlier storms.
Today you can see the utility contractors
are working on utility poles that
were damaged earlier today from
those strong winds during the storm.
A few steps away,
you can see sheets of metal have
blown all over the area right here.
They're along the ditch and
wrapped around some trees.
A few steps away you can
see a tree was uprooted.
Workers are trying to figure out what to do.
With that not too far from that tree.
I'll tell you in the distance.
A crane that was standing erect earlier
today is now toppled on its side,
workers trying to figure out what to
do there, then a few steps from that.
There's an oil well where neighbors
told me Storm did some damage
there and possibly caused a spill.
Environmental crews are here on site
trying to figure out what to do there,
and then in this field in the distance,
you can see a lot more heavy
metal and debris.
One neighbor, the property owner,
told me that this was from a shed,
a long shed that was on
the neighboring property.
It blew over here this afternoon.
That mess is carried over way
across the street here,
where that metal is wrapped around some
large utility equipment back there.
Again,
lots of damage out here in
this particular area,
and there's even more in
parts of Wise County.
We'll have more of that
coming up at 6 in Decatur.
I'm Demond Fernandez.