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Johnny Ortiz, left, and James South, right, carry Miguel Morales, center, who was injured in a tornado, to an ambulance in Granbury, Texas, on Wednesday May 15, 2013.
By Andrew Rafferty, Staff Writer, NBC News
At least six people are dead and scores more injured in Texas after deadly tornadoes?ripped through the northern part of the state late Wednesday, authorities said.
Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds said at a midnight news conference that the death toll could go higher. Fourteen people were unaccounted for, Deeds said.
Along with the six fatalities, NBCDFW.com reports there may be as many as 100 people injured in Granbury, Texas, a town of about 8,000. Officials said that local hospitals have called in extra staff and area schools and other buildings were being used to treat the injured. Some of the injured were being taken to Forth Worth hospitals as the hospital in Granbury filled.
Images of Granbury revealed leveled homes, badly damaged cars, trees uprooted and power lines down. ???
"The house started shaking," one witness told NBC?s Dallas affiliate. ?We were in a closet. You could hear it -- it sounded like a train going off. It was scary."
?It was like hell,? another witness said.
The tornado was part of a system of severe thunderstorms that spawned tornadoes throughout northern Texas. Also hit was Creburne a town about 30 miles east. Also hit by a twister was the small town of Millsap, about 40 miles west of Fort Worth.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
This story was originally published on Thu May 16, 2013 12:39 AM EDT
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