Tornadoes rip through Dallas area

Friends and family of Brad Smith help salvage what they can from his destroyed home in Arlington, Texas, on Wednesday, April 4.

Bobbie Deen, right, along with friends and family salvage personal items from the home of Deen's mother on Wednesday in Forney, Texas.

A worker begins making repairs to a power line in Kennedale, Texas, on Wednesday.

Destroyed and damaged homes are seen in Lancaster, Texas, on Tuesday shortly after a twister tore through.

Cambrie and Royal Thornton sit outside their destroyed home in Forney, Texas, on Wednesday.

Mike Enochs, left, and Gary Enochs salvage a crib from Enochs' destroyed home in Forney on Wednesday.

Work crews try to restore power in Lancaster on Wednesday.

Patricia Daugherty searches for her belongings in Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday after a tornado hit the area.

This Lancaster neighborhood was among the many hit by tornadoes.

A tornado in Kennedale, Texas, caused this damage on Tuesday.

A resident of Lancaster looks at the damage caused by a tornado there.

This neighborhood in Forney was hit hard.

Residents in southwest Arlington sweep up Tuesday shortly after a tornado swept through.

A resident sorts through the remains of her damaged home after a series of tornadoes ripped through the Dallas suburb of Lancaster, Texas, on April 3. Up to a dozen tornadoes skipped through the densely populated Dallas-Fort Worth area in Texas on Tuesday, ripping apart homes and tossing tractor-trailer trucks into the air, but there were no reports of serious injuries or deaths.

A structure in Arlington, Texas, is destroyed after a tornado hit on April 3. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots.

David Lowe carries his daughter's dog, Phoebe, after the dog was rescued from the rubble of a destroyed home on April 3, in Arlington, Texas. Multiple tornadoes touched down across the Dallas/Fort Worth area causing extensive damage.

Jason Moffett carries moves belongings out of a house which was destroyed after a series of tornadoes ripped through the Dallas suburb of Lancaster, Texas, on April 3. Up to a dozen tornadoes skipped through the densely populated Dallas-Fort Worth area in Texas on Tuesday, ripping apart homes and tossing tractor-trailer trucks into the air, but there were no reports of serious injuries or deaths.

A tornado causes damages at the Schneider National's Trucking Hub in South Dallas, Texas, on April 3.

Tornado spotted south of Dallas, Texas, in this still image taken from video.

Erin Foy, left, and her sister Immerriea White pull their luggage through the rain as their family abandons their destroyed home in the Portofino Apartments in Lancaster, Texas.

The Green Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation center is damaged after tornadoes swept through the area.

A woman talks on her phone outside a house with two cars against it after a tornado moved through Lancaster, Texas, April 3. As the storm system moved northeast, it later spawned another tornado in Forney, a suburb just east of Dallas, where the fire station and several homes were hit and the high school saw roof damage, NBC News reported.

A trailer flies through the air during a tornado in the Dallas area, in this still image captured from video.

Semi-tractor trailers lay in debris left by a tornado which passed through the southern area of Dallas, Texas April 3.


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Storm damages lies along US 287 in South Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, April 3. Dallas flights were shut down and travelers were taken to shelters as the storms passed. American Airlines canceled all its remaining flights Tuesday due inspect for hail damage.