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From: David J. Lynch (unrealtor{at}unreal-estate.net)
Date: Thu Oct 24 2002 - 19:39:14 EDT
One fatality so far...
Following is from the Local Storm Report...
A SIGNIFICANT TORNADO HAS AFFECTED THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. THERE IS
ONE CONFIRMED FATALITY AND MANY INJURIES. THE TORNADO WAS FIRST
IDENTIFIED BY THE PUBLIC APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES SOUTH OF THE CORPUS
CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AROUND 219 PM CDT. THE TORNADO PROCEEDED
TO MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST... CROSSING SOUTH PADRE ISLAND DRIVE JUST WEST
OF GREENWOOD. THE TORNADO CROSSED DEL MAR COLLEGES WEST CAMPUS...THEN
PROCEEDED NORTH TO I-37 NEAR CITGO REFINERY WHERE A STORAGE TANK WAS
DAMAGED. DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO. THE
MOST EXTENSIVE DAMAGE OCCURRED AT DEL MAR COLLEGES WEST CAMPUS. SEVERAL
CAMPUS BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. THE ONE FATALITY OCCURRED IN
THE COLLEGE LIBRARY. MANY PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED IN ONE OF THE COLLAPSED
COLLEGE BUILDINGS. DAMAGE WAS ALSO REPORTED AT THE HEB ON LEOPARD STREET.
Local news coverage at:
http://www.kristv.com/home.html - KRIS TV
http://www.caller.com/ - Corpus Christi Caller-Times
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