The second tornado started northwest of Jarrell and damaged or destroyed a few buildings. The tornado struck a parking lot at Kalahari and damaged cars but didn’t damage any buildings, Gravell said. “We don’t believe it was on the ground the entire time, but it did come down at different times,” Gravell said at a news conference Monday night in Georgetown with Gov.
Williamson County saw two confirmed tornadoes Monday, County Judge Bill Gravell said. The first started at I-35 and Texas 45 in Round Rock and moved north of the Kalahari Resort before heading to Hutto and Granger. People aren’t going to be able to go to work because they lost some of their businesses." They have lost their houses, they have lose some of their structures. “We understand this is devastating to some folks. "We want people to get back to their normal lives as soon as they possibly can,” Banks said. View Gallery: Tornado damages homes and vehicles in Round Rock “We will use every resource as a city to recover,” Mayor Craig Morgan said at a news conference Monday night.įirst responders were working Monday to help everyone they could, Round Rock Police Chief Allen Banks said. No major injuries were reported in Williamson County, officials said. "I thought I was going to die," said Michael Talamantez, whose Round Rock house was destroyed on Stratford Drive after a tornado touched down. Wind and downed trees tore through the roofs off dozens of Round Rock houses and a few businesses east of Interstate 35 and north of Texas 45. Palm Valley Blvd., and at Redbud Elementary School, 1500 Ty Cobb Place. Two temporary shelters were established in Round Rock, at the Dell Diamond Heritage Center, 3400 E. The Elgin Recreation Center, 361 Texas 95 North, has been activated as an emergency shelter for residents displaced by Monday night’s storms, according to the Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management. More: See videos that captured tornadoes, high winds tearing through Elgin, Round Rock One person was also taken to a hospital in Austin, though most of the damage was outside the city's limits. Several tornadoes touched down Monday evening across Central Texas, with major damage and some injuries reported near Elgin, and damage from another two tornadoes reported in Round Rock and Hutto.Īt least three people were injured in Elgin, including two people inside a collapsed structure who were still being rescued Monday night, Elgin police said. Watch Video: Round Rock tornado damage seen in drone footage Tornado confirmed in Williamson County
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