Rice Texas

Authorities in northeast Texas were assessing damage Monday morning after a possible tornado destroyed homes, knocked train cars off their track and injured at least four people.
Five homes in Rice, Texas, were destroyed as 125 mph winds whipped through a seven-mile swath of Navarro County Sunday evening, said Eric Meyers, the county’s emergency management coordinator.
The storm, which struck around 5:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. ET), also turned over an 18-wheeler truck onto a passenger car, knocked cars from a freight train off their tracks and caused extensive damage to Rice Elementary School, Navarro County Chief Deputy Mike Cox said.

Four people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, he said.
In addition to “significant damage” from the storm moving through Navarro County, witnesses also reported possible tornadoes in other parts of northeast Texas Sunday evening, the National Weather Service said.
Callers reported four tornadoes in Lone Oak, Texas, Fire Chief Chris Moore said, but authorities had not yet confirmed whether a twister had touched down there. The storm destroyed one home, damaged three others and knocked down power lines there, he said.
Authorities called off a little league football game as winds picked up speed and hail pelted the county, he said.
Sonia Butler hunkered down in the bathroom of her Rice home with her brother as the storm hit.