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Canton, Texas Reels from Weekend Tornadoes

By Brian Maschino
Monday, May 1, 2017 at 3:26 p.m.
Brian Maschino Remnants of the now-collapsed The Rustic Barn sit in a secluded field along F.M. 1255 in Canton. The barn and property was decimated by two tornadoes, according to owner Reagan Sumner, which was to be the site of the area high school’s prom just a few hours later. 1/59
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Brian Maschino Jared Miller, 9, maneuvers over a downed tree as his parents, Paul and Amanda of Lewisville, work to cut the debris into smaller, more manageable pieces. 4/59
Brian Maschino Jared and Amanda Miller, of Lewisville, work together to chopped apart, clear trees and other earth that came down atop a house along TX Highway 64, Sunday afternoon. Traveling with their family from Lewisville to help those in Canton, the pair stopped at the house not knowing the homeowners to help clear away damage from the storm. 5/59
Brian Maschino Jared and Amanda Miller, of Lewisville, work together to chopped apart, clear trees and other earth that came down atop a house along TX Highway 64, Sunday afternoon. 6/59
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Brian Maschino Pastor Raul Quezada looks over his office at the Valley Dale Baptist Church with insulation and roofing strewn about. Pastor Quezada said most of his books will need to be replaced due to severe water damage, along with major work to the rest of the building. 14/59
Brian Maschino Valley Dale Baptist Church pastor Raul Quezada examines damage to the second-story addition of his church. Quezada was in Tyler when the tornado first hit, which ripped many parts of the roof off, bringing water in to flood the lower parts of the building. 15/59
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Brian Maschino Pastor Raul Quezada walks along the roof space of the Valley Dale Baptist Church’s second-story addition, where much of the roofing had been ripped off from severe tornado winds. 18/59
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Brian Maschino Brandon Dominguez, a clinical associate professor at Texas A&M, looks over medical supplies in an Emergency Veterinary Services trailer outside of Canton Junior High on Sunday, April 30. Members of the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences traveled to Canton to provide medical attention to the rural East Texas areas affected by Saturday’s tornadoes. 21/59
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Brian Maschino Texas A&M staff member Stuart Slattery helps assemble a mobile veterinary relief space in the parking lot outside of Canton Junior High. Along with providing care to animals needing attention in rural East Texas, the crew from College Station deployed to give care to search and rescue dogs put to work in the ravaged counties. 23/59
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Brian Maschino Remnants of the now-collapsed The Rustic Barn sit in a secluded field along F.M. 1255 in Canton. The barn and property was decimated by two tornadoes, according to owner Reagan Sumner, which was to be the site of the area high school’s prom just a few hours later. 33/59
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Brian Maschino Texas Task Force 2 Lt. Scott Wilson, of Irving, walks the streets of Canton to take pictures and assemble damage reports for the estimated 5,000 homes that were damaged in Saturday’s storms. 38/59
Brian Maschino Canton resident Jason Eaton stands in front of his home where a tornado ripped through the backside of his house. Living two houses down from his daughter, the pair ran out when the tornado touched down to record the destruction with their phones. Although not the case for many other parts affected by the storms, Eaton said he “can't believe by how big it was any of these homes are still here.” 39/59
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Brian Maschino Devon Eaton helps set out water on tables with donated food for neighbors and workers just along Highway 64 in Canton, sent to them by the American Red Cross shelter out of the Canton First United Methodist Church downtown. 42/59
Brian Maschino Neighborhood children jump on a pieced together trampoline on Sunday. Made up of two separate trampolines destroyed by the storm, parents came together to use parts from both to form one to give their kids a smile during the cleanup efforts in Canton. 43/59
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Canton, Texas Reels from Weekend Tornadoes

Area responders, volunteers flooded relief centers set up Saturday, April 29, and the following Sunday in Canton after severe storms ripped through rural East Texas.

Four tornadoes confirmed by The National Weather Service touched down, leaving four dead and two previously missing persons found, according to a statement made by Canton mayor Lou Ann Everett to local news affiliates Monday morning.

The first tornado touched down with a brief track about 4:15 p.m. by Grand Saline. Two Canton-area tornadoes followed around 5:10 and 5:29 p.m., the latter moving along a longer track until 6:09 p.m. The fourth tornado, also traveling through Canton, hit other areas of Henderson and Van Zandt counties, lasting from 5:41 to 7:28 p.m., which the NWS determined to have traveled roughly 51 miles.

As of Monday, the four confirmed victims from Saturday’s storms have been identified as: Russell Rusty Barlow, 51, of Canton; Kenneth Hughes, 57, or Van Zandt County; Lucretia Sykes, 49, of Fort Worth; and James Clayton Young, 39, of Alba.

Reporting and photography by Brian Maschino

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Area responders, volunteers flooded relief centers set up Saturday, April 29, and the following Sunday in Canton after severe storms ripped through rural East Texas.

Four tornadoes confirmed by The National Weather Service touched down, leaving four dead and two previously missing persons found, according to a statement made by Canton mayor Lou Ann Everett to local news affiliates Monday morning.

The first tornado touched down with a brief track about 4:15 p.m. by Grand Saline. Two Canton-area tornadoes followed around 5:10 and 5:29 p.m., the latter moving along a longer track until 6:09 p.m. The fourth tornado, also traveling through Canton, hit other areas of Henderson and Van Zandt counties, lasting from 5:41 to 7:28 p.m., which the NWS determined to have traveled roughly 51 miles.

As of Monday, the four confirmed victims from Saturday’s storms have been identified as: Russell Rusty Barlow, 51, of Canton; Kenneth Hughes, 57, or Van Zandt County; Lucretia Sykes, 49, of Fort Worth; and James Clayton Young, 39, of Alba.

Reporting and photography by Brian Maschino
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