Downed trees and power lines litter the area as neighbors check a damaged pickup looking for the driver after reports of a tornado in Rowlett, Texas, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015. The driver was later located uninjured. (Guy Reynolds/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

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A neighborhood in a community northeast of Dallas were 23 people were injured is cleaning up from an apparent tornado.

Dale Vermurlen lives in a Rowlett neighborhood that sustained heavy damage. His house only had minor damage, but was next to that were flattened.

He said he rode out the storm with his two dogs in the bathroom.

Homes in the neighborhood that had been searched by emergency responders were marked with a black “X.” State troopers had blocked off roads, utility crews were restoring power and people were walking around, hushed and dazed.

Rowlett has a 24-hour curfew in the affected areas, which Thunderberg says took a direct hit from the tornado.

At least 11 people died during the storms, but no deaths were reported in Rowlett.

 

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