Tornado wipes out Texas auto dealership

A car dealership in Texas was swept away Saturday night during a tornado, reported the NBC affiliate television station in Dallas-Fort Worth.Interstate 20 Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of Canton’s showroom and maintenance facility were decimated in the storm. Dozens of cars on the interstate were reportedly overturned.Owner Randall Noe told NBC DFW-Channel 5 that the dealership was evacuated by the general manager about five minutes before the tornado landed.“The crew here, the general manager, asked everybody to leave and go home because sky turned green, he said, they could start hearing the howling noise,” he said. “They did get out.”At least four tornadoes landed in the surrounding counties, two of which exceeded winds of 140 mph, earning a “strong” tornado intensity rating, the National Weather Service said in a statement. NoneDodge dealership in Canton, TX. #tornado #etxwx. Pray now. pic.twitter.com/4vRmlLyyKY— Micheal Lavender (@SkySPOT97) April 29, 2017 Several National Weather Service survey teams were deployed Monday to further assess the damage.

Tornado wipes out Texas auto dealership

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