5 dead, dozens injured after tornado hits East Texas
5 fatalities have been reported and dozens of people were taken to hospitals after a tornado hit a small city in East Texas.
The East Texas Medical Center (ETMC) in Athens received 36 patients. The ETMC in Cedar Creek Lake received eight patients. One patient was listed as critical in Athens while the rest at these facilities were said to have non-life threatening injuries, CBS reports.
“We’ve got special units task forces from around the state that are going to be coming in and going through these areas. We still may have some people that are unaccounted for,” said Captain Horton of the Canton Fire Department.
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Officials were asking the public to stay away from the affected area. “It’s going to be an ongoing process. This isn’t going to be taken care of overnight. We’re going to be dealing with this in the morning when daylight gets here,” said Horton.
Horton confirmed there were five dead so far. “That number may go up in the morning once we can get into these areas,” he pointed out.
“We have officers at major intersections along the affected area. If people need help, or they can get to a main road, we have officers there. Its a big swath that we have to cover. We will get them to a shelter,” Horton added.
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