Video Shows How Walmart Shoppers Flee From Terrifying Tornado In Texas
Video Shows How Walmart Shoppers Flee From Terrifying Tornado In Texas
A horrifying video is now going viral showing the moment a tornado swept through a Walmart parking lot in Texas sending terrified shopping running. One person was killed and more than a dozen people were injured in this twister, one of three across the Lone Star State.
A 73-year-old woman was killed when a tornado struck her neighborhood of Sherwood Shores Monday night, Grayson County officials confirmed Tuesday. Until now, her identity has not been made public.
According to the county’s emergency management agency, 10 people were injured in a tornado that struck around 90 miles north of Dallas. The governor has already signed a disaster declaration for the 16 counties damaged by the said tornadoes.
Cameras outside an Austin-area Walmart captured heart-pumping footage of a guy warning customers to flee into the store in order to dodge flying debris.
As the tornado barreled into the store, a man can be heard in the video shouting: “Get inside! Get inside! Run! Run! Run! Get away from the windows!” The video was posted by Walmart employee James Watson.
After the horrifying incident, a woman posted photos of her bloodied legs on social media. She wrote: “I JUST GOT DRAGGED ACROSS THE MF WALMART PARKING LOT BY A TORNADO BI*CH!!!!!”
At least four people were injured in Elgin, a town east of Austin, as a tornado ripped through Texas and Oklahoma, according to a report from USA Today. Luling, Texas, was also affected by a smaller tornado and a larger one was reported hitting East of Round Rock, near Taylor; both were confirmed by the National Weather Service.
Michael Talamantez of Round Rock said, “I thought I was going to die.” His house on Stratford Drive was destroyed after the tornado touched down. His daughter, 21-year-old Maya, told The Post that her sister, her father, his girlfriends, and the girlfriend’s son were at all home when the tornado hit. They had to hide with sofa cushions over their heads to protect themselves from flying debris. She shared, “Within three seconds of getting into the bathtub, the whole house was gone.”
Talamantez was about to pay off the mortgage on the house Maya had only ever lived in. And now, it was wrecked. She said, “This happening definitely has sent my father into panic mode. He’s a single dad. He’s self-employed. We’ve basically lost everything. I think there are some things that are salvageable. My dad said, ’30 years of possessions and savings… all gone just like that.’”
Stationary KVUE cameras captured multiple vehicles that seemed to be heavily damaged at the Kalahari Resort in Round Rock.
Meanwhile, a tornado that ripped through Jacksboro, Texas, just outside of Dallas at around 4 p.m. significantly damaged two schools. Starla Sanders, the principal of Jacksboro High School, reported that the roof had been blown away. She said, “It just brought tears to my eyes. I have lived here for 15 years, and I love this place. It is hard. Haven’t seen, but I hear I don’t have a roof on my own house. My kids are safe, and my husband is safe and all the students are safe. That is what is important.”
Around 6:30 p.m., a quarter-mile-wide tornado struck Kingston, Oklahoma, in the state’s south, leaving a nearly 1,300-footpath of destruction in its wake. The severe storm system, according to Fox Forecast Center meteorologist Christopher Tate, drifted into Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, according to The Washington Post.