U-Haul Offers 30 Days Free Self-Storage To North Dallas Tornado Victims
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Six U-Haul Companies across North Texas are offering 30 days of free self-storage and container usage to residents who have been impacted by Sunday night’s severe storms. A...
View ArticleGovernor Abbott Issues Disaster Declaration Following Severe Weather Across...
AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Governor Greg Abbott today issued a disaster declaration for 16 Texas counties as a result of severe weather sustained across North Texas last night. In addition to...
View ArticleMultiple Homes In Rockwall Damaged, Trees And Power Lines Down After Sunday...
ROCKWALL, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Despite multiple reports of uprooted trees, fences and several downed power lines only eight homes sustained moderate damage in Rockwall, according to police. Severe...
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National Weather Service Says EF-3 Tornado Ripped Through Dallas
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Storm survey teams with the National Weather Service confirmed an EF-3 tornado hit Dallas, an EF-1 hit Rowlett and an EF-0 struck Wills Point on Sunday night. An EF3 tornado...
View ArticlePolice Recommend Overnight Curfew For People In Tornado Damaged Neighborhoods
DALLAS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The Dallas Police Department is urging Dallas residents in areas hard-hit by Sunday night’s EF-3 tornado to remain indoors from 7 p.m. – 7 a.m. Monday through Thursday....
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DFW Weather: Tornado Touches Down, Leaves Damage Across Dallas
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Widespread damage across North Texas Monday morning — especially in and around Dallas — after severe weather moved through the area Sunday evening. A tornado touched down in...
View ArticleCommunity Comes Together To Help Clean Richardson Tornado Damage
RICHARDSON (CBSDFW.COM) — Power has been restored to more than 30,000 Oncor customers since Sunday’s tornadoes, but the lights are still out for 65,000 others. But as the long recovery effort begins...
View ArticleFollowing Sunday’s Severe Weather, North Texans Should Stay Wary Of Solicitors
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) — The aftermath of a storm is always ripe for rip offs. Contractors are already roaming damaged neighborhoods to offer their services. The Insurance Council of Texas estimates...
View ArticleDallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa Provides Update On Campuses...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa held a news conference Monday afternoon to provide an update on the campuses affected by Sunday night’s storms. Last night’s aftermath...
View ArticleCity Of Dallas To Resume Assessing Tornado Damage Tuesday Morning
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — The City of Dallas will resume assessing damage left from an EF-3 tornado Tuesday morning. Director of the City of Dallas Office of Emergency Management Rocky Vaz said there is a...
View ArticleNational Weather Service Confirms EF-1 Tornado Hit Rockwall, 4 Twisters Total...
ROWLETT, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The National Weather Service has confirmed Rockwall was hit by an EF-1 tornado on Sunday night. In all the NWS said four twisters total hit North Texas. Resident Holly...
View ArticleNational Weather Service Confirms 5 More Tornados Hit North Texas Sunday...
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) — The National Weather Service has confirmed that five more tornados hit North Texas Sunday night, bringing the total up to nine. In a tweet shared Tuesday, the NWS said a...
View ArticleLocal Businesses, Residents Offer Helping Hand To Those Affected By North...
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) — After nine tornadoes swept through North Texas — devastating residents with mass levels of destruction — local businesses and residents are lending a helping hand to those...
View ArticleDallas ISD Aiming To Get Students Back In School, Back To Normalcy Soon
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — A mad dash is underway to get new classrooms ready for thousands of students displaced from tornado-damaged schools in Dallas. Three campuses that were in the hardest hit areas...
View ArticleDallas ISD Still Dealing With Tornado Damage, Classes Cancelled On 7 Campuses
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Damage from weekend storms continue to plague the Dallas Independent School District. This morning administrators announced classes are again being cancelled at seven campuses. It...
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Dallas Tornado Costliest In State’s History At $2 Billion Says Insurance...
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Insurance Council of Texas projects the EF-3 tornado that hit Dallas was one of the costliest in the state’s history, with a total loss of about $2 billion. That number...
View ArticleElderly Widow May Say Goodbye To Cherished Rockwall Home Following Tornado
ROCKWALL (CBSDFW.COM) — Two Rockwall homes have been condemned from all the damage caused by Sunday night’s storms — one is owned by an elderly widow. Shirley Bevers is hoping her lakefront home with...
View ArticleReopening Of Major North-South Roads Shut Down By Tornado Is Big Priority For...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — The city of Dallas hopes to reopen some of its major north-south roads shut down by the EF-3 tornado that slammed parts of the city this weekend. Harry Hines Blvd., Marsh Lane,...
View ArticleNorth Texans Work To Clean Tornado Damage While Preparing For Another Round...
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) — With storms predicted to hit DFW tomorrow, people dealing with damage are kicking their recovery efforts into full gear. Not only is Albert Arbelaez working to patch his...
View ArticleSchool Is Back In Session For Dallas ISD Students Amid Sunday’s Storm Damage
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — With their schools now destroyed, thousands of Dallas ISD students returned to class today — albeit in hurriedly prepared spaces. Thomas Jefferson senior Lauren Zelaya said she is...
View ArticleStorm Damage Repairs Moving Along In Dallas ISD, More Schools Reopen Today
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Completed storm damage repairs at three elementary schools in the Dallas Independent School District are allowing students, faculty and staff to return to campus today. Officials...
View ArticleNational Weather Service: 10 Tornadoes Struck North Texas In Sunday Night...
COLLIN COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – The National Weather Service confirms a tenth tornado stuck North Texas on Sunday. They found evidence of another tornado in Allen in Collin County, on the west side of...
View ArticleLow Income Families Cry Foul, Say Apartments Aren’t Helping With Storm Recovery
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – While clean up is well underway in some neighborhoods following Sunday’s tornado in Dallas, one community says they were forgotten, and they need help. Earlier Wednesday,...
View ArticleSearch For Owner Of Baby Picture After Dallas Storm Blew Memories Away
NORTH DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Storm damage cleanup continues across North Texas after nearly a dozen tornadoes touched down this past weekend. And while residents aren’t surprised to find their property...
View ArticleDallas Cowboys Donate $1M To Dallas High School Hit, Damaged By Tornado
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — The Gene and Jerry Jones family announced a $1 million donation to Dallas ISD to help rebuild the Thomas Jefferson High School football field and replace football equipment that...
View ArticleDallas Residents, Business Owners Still Left Picking Up The Pieces After EF-3...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Ten days ago, April Kao first saw the devastation the north Dallas tornado left after tearing through the back of her Preston Hollow home. “When I first saw it, I was shocked,”...
View ArticleAG Paxton Warns Dallas Area Business For ‘Sparking Fear’ Among Residents in...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a cease-and-desist letter Wednesday to a North Texas contractor who recently distributed fliers in neighborhoods impacted by the recent...
View ArticleState Agencies Warn Tornado Victims About ‘Deductible Scam’
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Two state agencies are warning North Texans about a new company targeting victims of the recent tornadoes. The company appeared to shut down just hours after the Texas...
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Much Work Remains 1 Month After Tornadoes Tore Through Town, Many Still...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – One month has passed since 10 tornadoes struck nine North Texas cities. But in some locations it looks as if the twisters just hit yesterday. CBS 11 News canvassed Dallas to get a...
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Family Victimized By Dallas Tornado Reflects At Christmas: ‘On This Day We...
Watch Jack Fink’s report at 6:00 p.m. on CBS 11. It will be added here after it airs. DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – This Christmas, some victims of the October 20 tornadoes in Dallas are counting their...
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Deadline Is Thursday For Dallas October Tornado Victims To Get Debris To Curb
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Some Dallas residents spent New Year’s Day as they have the last 73 days, cleaning up debris from the October 2019 tornado. The city of Dallas has used contract trash crews to...
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Dallas Tornado Victims In Rebuild Mode Brace For More Potential Severe Weather
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – People on Orchid Lane in Dallas near Royal Lane and the Dallas North Tollway are still in rebuilding mode after the October 2019 tornadoes, so the last thing they want to think...
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Governor Abbott Requests Presidential Disaster Declaration For Dallas Area...
Senators Cornyn, Cruz Call On President Trump To Send Disaster Aid To Dallas Area After October Tornado Outbreak AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Governor Greg Abbott requested a Presidential Disaster...
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Rangers Shortstop Elvis Andrus Helps High School Baseball, Softball Teams...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus is helping in the ongoing tornado relief efforts at Dallas ISD’s Thomas Jefferson High School. The school was heavily damaged following the...
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Dallas Tornado Victims Still Fighting With Insurance Companies 3 Months Later
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Three months after a tornado obliterated North Dallas homes and businesses, recovery efforts have stalled. Some homeowners say they’re on the brink of war with their insurance...
View ArticleDallas ISD Insurer To Provide FEMA Key Information About Tornado Losses
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas ISD says its insurance company will soon provide more specific numbers about how much it will reimburse the district for it’s three schools hit hard by last October’s EF-3...
View ArticleDozens Of Dallas Residents Whose Homes Were Destroyed By October Tornado Will...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – More than 100 Dallas property owners hit by last October’s tornadoes will soon be getting a letter in the mail warning them of code violations. In a memo Friday, Dallas City...
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An EF-3 Tornado Destroyed It In 2019, Today A Dallas Home Depot Store Reopened
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Home Depot store on Forest Lane in Dallas reopened today, nearly a year after being ripped apart by a powerful tornado. Customers at the North Dallas location were happy to...
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‘We’re Very Hopeful About Next Year’: Dallas Family To Start Rebuilding More...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – This is the second year the Singer family spent Christmas morning in a home they’re leasing. While the setting is different, the meaning of the holiday remains the same. “That’s...
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Sanctuary ‘Had To Be Completely Torn Down’: North Dallas Church Still...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It has been nearly two years since an EF-3 tornado tore through North Dallas, but for a church that was badly damaged, the recover process is still ongoing. Every day, all day,...
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