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DALLAS — Strong storms produced a tornado warning and left behind widespread reports of damage in North Texas on Tuesday morning. Our crews saw numerous downed trees and power lines in the Garland and Richardson areas, and that included trees that had fallen onto homes or across roadways. The Forney Fire Department confirmed damage at North Forney High School, while the National Weather Service confirmed damage in Lewisville. The Lewisville damage included downed trees and…

From NPR: This year’s Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be extremely active, putting tens of millions of Americans in the eastern half of the country at risk from flooding and damaging winds, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center warn. The increased activity is partially caused by abnormally warm ocean temperatures driven by climate change. Forecasters expect 17 to 25 storms to form in the Atlantic between June 1 and the end of November. At…

From KERA News: It’s the morning after a tornado swept through Cooke County, but Valley View United Methodist Church is still having Sunday service. Pastor Beate Hall is preaching to a handful of congregants who’ve stepped away from organizing food and clothing donations. She says she’s already given a sermon on expecting the unexpected. “But I’m going to say that still holds very true: you never know what’s going to happen next,” she says. The…

Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. LUBBOCK — Spring rains have revived much of the green grass covering stretches of plains in the Texas Panhandle — the same land that, just three months ago, was black from fire and ash after wildfires burned more than 1 million acres across the region. The land is…

VALLEY VIEW, Texas — A WFAA crew covering the aftermath of an EF-2 tornado that hit Cooke County Saturday found a young pup among the debris. Lost in the wreckage of a home, a wandering dog was spotted sniffing through the debris near J L Drive and Green Meadow Drive in Valley View. A neighbor who lives on Green Meadow told WFAA they will look after the dog until its owner claims it. A dog has…