TEXAS CITY, TX (KTRK) -- A tornado moving through the Texas City area has damaged the Mall of the Mainland, forcing an evacuation. Bruce Clawson with the Texas City Office of Emergency Management says the National Weather Service alerted them about a tornado on radar at about 1pm. At the same time, a Texas City police officer saw a tornado hit the east side of the mall, near the movie theater.
The roof of mall has suffered a partial collapse and nearly every vehicle on the south side of the mall along FM 1774 had its windows blown out.
The mall has been evacuated as a precaution, but Clawson says they have no report of injuries. He says there is now about three inches of water and debris in the structure.
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