Surveyors planned to fan out across North Texas on Wednesday to assess the damage from as many as a dozen tornadoes that pummeled towns around Dallas, flattening homes, flipping tractor-trailers and grounding flights, according to a story in USA Today.

Surveyors planned to fan out across North Texas on Wednesday to assess the damage from as many as a dozen tornadoes that pummeled towns around Dallas, flattening homes, flipping tractor-trailers and grounding flights, according to a story in USA Today.

The destructive reminder of a young tornado season Tuesday left thousands without power. Few injuries and no deaths were reported.

At Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport more than 110 damaged planes were grounded. About 500 flights were canceled as of Wednesday morning, airport officials said.

The Red Cross estimated that 650 homes were damaged.

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