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Severe Weather
5:49 pm
Fri April 4, 2014

Birthright loses three homes, 67 others damaged

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    Sheila Krecek shows visitors around the wreckage of her family's property.
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    Household items and building materials mixed in the debris from the storm.
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    The Vliet family's residential and commercial buildings were devastated.
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    70 homes were damaged in the April 3 storm.
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    The North Hopkins Volunteer Fire Department's building was severaly damaged. Workers cleaned the vehicle bay on April 4.
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    The lounge area at the North Hopkins Volunteer Fire Department Building was missing a wall by the end of the storm.
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    The Volunteer Fire Department's kitchen had lost its ceiling and roof.
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    An Oncor crew was dispatched from Southeast Texas early on the morning of April 4 to assist with repairing downed lines.
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    A large tree was among many uprooted along State Highway 19.
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    Birthright residents and the communty's few businesses were without electricity on the morning of April 4.
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In the unincorporated Hopkins County community of Birthright, three homes were destroyed and 67 others damaged by a likely tornado on the night of April 3. 

The Hopkins County community of Birthright suffered severe damage from a likely tornado on the night of April 3. Three homes were destroyed, 67 other homes were damaged, and the destruction took a toll on the local volunteer fire department's building. (Mark Haslett/KETR)

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Birthright
Hopkins County
Tornado
Severe weather
April 3