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Ef4 Tornado
On December 26, 2015 multiple tornadoes hit the Garland, Rowlett, and Sunnyvale area. Eleven people were killed and many more were injured. The tornado that hit was an EF4 tornado with speeds of around 180 miles per hour. Over one-thousand homes and buildings were destroyed during the tornado. About eight thousand power outages were reported too. Even today people are trying to recover from the tornadoes. The tornado started from about Hillsboro and started moving north to Sulphur Springs. I hope that all the people that lost a loved one are okay and that that these tornadoes never happen again.
This paragraph made me sad because some many things were lost and a lot of people died during the tornadoes. I have actually seen the destruction in
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