Perry to Tour North Texas Tornado Devastation

Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday will tour the devastation wrought by more than a dozen tornadoes that ripped through the Dallas-Fort Worth area, damaging hundreds of homes and leaving several people injured.

“We’re thankful that there’s been no reported loss of life at this point in time,” Perry told reporters at the Capitol on Wednesday. “We know there are a lot of North Texans who are digging out of rubble and seeing life possessions lost to these storms.”

Perry is scheduled to meet with emergency responders and then hold a news conference in hard-hit Lancaster on Thursday morning ...

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