Six people were killed and at least 14 people are still reported missing after this year's most powerful tornado struck northern Texas late Wednesday.
This year's strongest and most powerful tornado struck northern Texas late Wednesday killing six people. According to authorities, the death toll is expected to rise with at least 14 people still unaccounted for.
Granbury was among the worst hit cities with trees being uprooted, homes and cars left badly damaged and all power lines downed. The six people reportedly dead, all belonged to neighborhoods located on the outskirts of Granbury, revealed Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds at a news conference.
Matt Zavadsky, a spokesman for MedStar Mobile Healthcare, revealed to CNN that more than 100 people were injured.
"With these types of tornadoes, they touch down; they lift up; they touch down. They tend to hopscotch," he said. "This is truly breaking news, and again the darkness doesn't help, but the crews on scene are doing a really good job to try and reach out to the folks that might be trapped or unable to get to a shelter or the triage area."
Local hospitals have called in for extra help. Schools and other buildings are currently being used to treat people that have been injured. People coming in with serious injuries were being taken to Forth Worth hospitals.
"The house started shaking," one witness told NBCDFW.com. "We were in a closet. You could hear it -- it sounded like a train going off. It was scary."
Another witness added: "It was like hell."
