Surveillance video shows the moments an EF-3 tornado struck a Texas elementary school and other facilities last week, sending insulation flying and collapsing roofing.
The tornado, which hit Jacksboro, a community of around 4,000 about 60 miles northwest of Fort Worth, wasThere were no deaths, but nine people were injured. The tornado hit Jack County and Jacksboro with peak winds of around 150 mph, according to the National Weather Service. A woman died in another tornado that hit that day near the Oklahoma border.
The tornado in Jacksboro ripped the roof of the elementary school gymnasium, collapsed a wall and overturned cars, in addition to causing other damage, the weather service said. At the town’s high school, part of the roof was torn off and field goal posts at the football field were bent.Elementary and high school students returned to in-person classes Tuesday, although elementary students were being taught at temporary locations while that building is being repaired,.
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