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“There are 158 trees this year at the Museum of East Texas. This is our 30th year to celebrate the Festival of Trees,” Allyson Langston with the museum said. “So, we are now in second ...

Elsewhere in East Texas, 250 pine trees were twisted, uprooted and knocked down in Morris County during an EF-2 tornado. Six cars in a parking lot were picked up and thrown about 100 yards or more ...

From Daingerfield Fire Department: The Baptist encampment has many trees down, lots of homes damaged and destroyed some injuries nothing major at this times Thousands are left without power after ...

Uprooted and snapped trees can help estimate maximum wind speed ... There is no official report yet for other East Texas areas, but Nuttall said they are working. “You know, I know people really want ...