Spring tornado outbreak in North Texas

Derrek Grisham, left, points out neighborhood damage to storm chaser Travis Schafer after a tornado damaged his mother’s house in Cleburne, Texas. (Tom Fox / Associated Press)

May 16, 2013 8:04 AM PT

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Several people were killed as a spring tornado outbreak devastated parts of North Texas, destroying or damaging dozens of homes.

Johnny Ortiz, left, and James South, right, carry Miguel Morales, who was injured in a tornado, to an ambulance in Granbury, Texas. (Mike Fuentes / Associated Press)

Lightning illuminates the sky and rubble litters the street after a tornado in Cleburne, Texas. (Tom Fox / Associated Press)

An unidentified person is carried to an ambulance in Granbury, Texas. Officials report the tornado caused “multiple fatalities” as it tore through two neighborhoods of a North Texas town. (Mike Fuentes / Associated Press)