blown out, a piece of plywood came flying through the windshield, impaled in the passenger seat. eyewitnesses who lived through this tornado say it blew through around 7:00 p.m. and lasted less there it is, i see it. reporter: even by texas standards it was a monstrosity. oh, i see it, it s crossing the highway right there. big, big tornado. reporter: at least eight tornados exploded through dallas county, the hardest-hit areas are garland and rowlett. oh! there s stuff flying in the air! reporter: damage has been reported along a 40-mile stretch of homes and businesses. in the darkness last night the destruction was hard to see. but by this morning the path of the tornados was clear. entire communities are flattened. many of the houses still standing are without roofs. vehicles are flipped or buried under debris. in garland the storms killed eight and destroyed 600 in rowlett, the tornados injured 23 people and level the 40 homes. high winds tossed trailers at th
they crashed into each other. this one right here, the windows blown out, a piece of plywood came flying through the windshield, impaled in the passenger seat. eyewitnesses who lived through this tornado say it blew through around 7:00 p.m. and lasted less there it is, i see it. reporter: even by texas standards it was a monstrosity. oh, i see it, it s crossing the highway right there. big, big tornado. reporter: at least eight tornados exploded through dallas county, the hardest-hit areas are garland and rowlett. oh! there s stuff flying in the air! reporter: damage has been reported along a 40-mile stretch of homes and businesses. in the darkness last night the destruction was hard to see. but by this morning the path of the tornados was clear. entire communities are flattened. many of the houses still standing are without roofs. vehicles are flipped or buried under debris. in garland the storms killed structures in a two-mile area. in rowlett, the tornados inju
and it s gone. reporter: the house she shared with her husband, son, and daughter for the past nine years is scattered among a grove of shattered trees. her 35-year-old son was the only one home when the tornado hit. he s hospitalized with a broken pelvis and cuts. we could have been planning a funeral instead. reporter: they searched for family mementos. pictures of my mom. she passed away in 2010 and i would look at it every night before i d go to bed and just say, good night. i wish i could find that picture, too. there s a tornado in front of us! reporter: the wilkins home is one of hundreds destroyed. the youngest victim, seven-year- old nicholas pomeroy, was trapped in a car with his mother and sister. the winds ripped him out of the vehicle. among the six who died in tennessee, three were found in a car submerged in a river. this aerial view of ashland, mississippi, shows the devastation of the most powerful it reportedly stayed on the ground for at least
it s hard to see all these people s livelihoods gone. cars destroyed, flipped over in front of houses. it s just hard to see. reporter: here in garland more than 600 homes were damaged. eight people lost their lives. and jeff, many others returning to scenes like this, total losses with nothing left to return home to. dan hagerty, thank you. more dangerous weather tonight. blizzard conditions in parts of texas, oklahoma, and new mexico. let s bring in david payne, chief meteorologist at our oklahoma city affiliate kwtv. david, what s happening there? well, it s been a wild day so far. we ve had a lot of ice, a lot of sleet in oklahoma. flooding rains in eastern oklahoma. just a big mess around here. i-40 westbound west of oklahoma city has been shut down several times today, to just simply too much ice and sleet. we are not through, more on the way. jeff, back to you. david payne, thank you very much. mexico, here s cheyenne cope of our albuquerque affiliate krqe.
eyewitnesses who lived through this tornado say it blew through around 7:00 p.m. and lasted less there it is, i see it. reporter: even by texas standards it was a monstrosity. oh, i see it, it s crossing the highway right there. big, big tornado. reporter: at least eight tornados exploded through dallas county, the hardest-hit areas are garland and rowlett. oh! there s stuff flying in the air! reporter: damage has been reported along a 40-mile stretch of homes and businesses. in the darkness last night the destruction was hard to see. but by this morning the path of the tornados was clear. entire communities are flattened. many of the houses still standing are without roofs. vehicles are flipped or buried under debris. in garland the storms killed eight and destroyed 600 structures in a two-mile area. in rowlett, the tornados injured 23 people and level the 40 homes. high winds tossed trailers at damaged this strip mall. we pray and support those who have lost a