2 children killed, multiple others injured in powerful storms ripping through Texas

Two children were killed and multiple others were injured on Saturday after powerful storms ripped through Texas, spawning at least one suspected tornado.

A three-year-old and an eight-year-old in Pollok were crushed after a tree fell on their vehicle, the Angelina County Sheriff’s Office said, according to AccuWeather.

Robertson County Texas Sheriff Gerald Yezak also told The Associated Press that a suspected tornado hit Franklin on Saturday, overturning mobile homes and damaging other residences. Franklin is a small city about 125 miles south of Dallas.

He says two people were taken to a hospital with injuries that aren’t thought to be life-threatening and that about a dozen others were treated at the scene for minor injuries, including people who had to be extricated from their homes.

Yezak says two of the people injured Saturday when a likely tornado touched down near the cities of Hearne and Franklin were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.

National Weather Service meteorologist Monique Sellers says the agency received reports of downed trees, and damage to buildings and a transmission tower.

The storms are part of a large system moving through the southern US.

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