Tornadoes Rip Through Texas

Lightning streaks across the sky in Tyler, Texas as a powerful line of thunderstorms moved across Texas, April 3, 2012. (AP)

A tornado touches down in Lancaster, Texas, south of Dallas. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area, peeling roofs off homes and tossing trucks into the air. (AP)

Tornado damage at a truck stop near Lancaster, Texas. (AP/KDFW-TV)

Debris is strewn about as a house stands nearly destroyed after a tornado swept through the area, in Lancaster, Texas. (AP)

Semi-tractor trailers lay in a debris field south of Dallas, Texas. (Reuters)

A trailer flies through the air in this still image taken from video. (Reuters TV/NBC)

Work crews try to restore power after the tornadoes passed through Lancaster, Texas. Nearly 8,400 homes and businesses were without electricity a day after the severe storms. (AP)

Menique Waites looks at her home which was destroyed by a tornado in Lancaster, Texas. (Reuters)

One of many homes in Lancaster destroyed by the series of tornadoes. (Reuters)