Nearly 70,000 Texas residents remain without power Friday (March 3) morning after severe weather and tornadoes swept through the Lone Star State on Thursday.
According to poweroutage.us, over 69,000 residents are experiencing power outages at the time of this writing. That number was more than 300,000 yesterday, Chron reports. Much of the power outages are impacting Val Verde County in the southwest part of the state.
Thursday evening, storm chaser and videographer Brian Emfinger shared a video on social media of a tornado forming south of Linden, which is located in Northeast Texas near the Arkansas border. Check out that video below:
Another tornado touched down in Greenville, which is located about 50 miles northeast of Dallas, the news outlet reports. Storm chaser Randy Jennings shared photos of collapsed brick buildings and roads blocked by debris as a result of a twister.
There was also a tornado that was reported in Weatherford, which is about 30 miles west of Fort Worth. About 10,000 buildings were left without power Thursday.
As of Friday morning, this severe weather is on its way out of the Lone Star State and is moving east. Please stay tuned to your local weather stations for the latest updates.
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