TORNADOES STRIKE TEXAS
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for
Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA
TORNADO ALLEY MAP
As many as a dozen tornadoes touched down in the Dallas-Fort
Worth, Texas area while hundreds of thousands watched the life and death drama unfold
on live television.
Several hundred homes were
destroyed, some within seconds, and 13,000 homes were left without power as a result of wind, rain, and
hail, but, incredibly, NO DEATHS AND RELATIVELY FEW INJURIES
were reported.
POWERFUL TORNADOES TOUCH DOWN IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA
ONE OF THE FUNNEL CLOUDS
30 TON TRACTOR TRAILER TOSSED IN THE AIR
30 TON TRACTOR TRAILER OVERTURNED ON INTERSTATE 20
EXAMPLE OF THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF THE WIND
SEARCH AND RESCUE BEGINS
All incoming and outgoing flights were cancelled; stranded
passengers were sheltered temporarily at the airport.
REMEMBERING 2008
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SYSTEM SPAWNS TORNADOES IN TEXAS:APRIL 24, 2008
SUPERCELL
FUNNEL
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SYSTEM IMPACTS WEST AND NORTH TEXAS•WORST DAMAGE NEAR FT WORTH, TX WITH LOSSES ESTIMATED AT $35 MILLION
•WINDS REACH 70 MILES PER HOUR
•HEAVY RAIN FALL CAUSES POWER OUTAGES AND MINOR FLOODING
•BASEBALL-SIZED HAIL
WIND DAMAGE
