Yesterday's storms brought some major damage and flooding of county roads to several cities in East Texas. It has resulted in the delay or closure of some schools for today.
The Memorial Day weekend storms that swept through East Texas and Western Louisiana caused widespread damage throughout Gregg, Harrison and Panola Counties along with DeSoto Parish in Louisiana. With high winds and two confirmed EF-1 tornadoes in the storm path, downed trees have caused a lot of damage to the power infrastructure.
Driving around Tyler this morning you may have noticed all the broken tree limbs and other brush from Saturday evening's storm that moved through the area. The City of Tyler is going to offer free pick-up of this debris through Friday (July 27th)...