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Dallas Tornado Photos: Pictures From Texas Storms

PHOTOS: Tornadoes Cause Damage Across Texas
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Tornadoes ripped through parts of Texas Tuesday causing considerable damage in towns near the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Cameras captured footage of trailers and semi trucks being tossed in the air, as hundreds of residents took shelter from the storms.

As of Tuesday afternoon, there had been no reports of serious injuries.

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However, the mayors of Arlington and Lancaster, Texas, have both declared states of disaster for their cities after reports of extensive damage, according to CBS Dallas-Fort Worth.

The severe weather also caused American Airlines to cancel several flights out the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, although the airport itself remains open.

Update:
About 12 tornadoes were estimated to have touched down throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Tuesday, April 3, the Associated Press reports. No deaths have been reported.

According to Reuters, there's a higher survival rate when tornadoes occur during the day because people can hear warnings and take cover.

For those interested in helping tornado victims, FOX News recommends donating money to the Red Cross or volunteering for clean-up efforts.

Check out the photos posted to Twitter and find more pictures in the slideshow below.

Please God don't let me die alone in a VW service station men's bathroom. #TORNADO twitter.com/EllenFox/statu…

— Ellen Fox (@EllenFox) April 3, 2012

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Emergency personnel work the scene after a tornado hit a neighborhood in Kennedale, Texas on Tuesday, April 3. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Khampha Bouaphanh) (credit:AP)
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Residents search for personal belongings after a tornado destroyed their home on April 3, in Arlington, Texas. Multiple tornadoes touched down across the Dallas/Fort Worth area causing extensive damage. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Bill Brangers, right, and Benjamin Powell, 5, left, look at the trailer that a tornado lifted from the Powell's driveway to a neighbor's yard two doors down Tuesday, April 03, 2012 in Arlington, Texas. A violent storm spawning tornadoes has touched down in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. (AP Photo/Kim Johnson Flodin) (credit:AP)
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Residents clean up after a tornado hit in Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday, April 3. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Khampha Bouaphanh) (credit:AP)
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Ty Proctor,10, surveys damage after a tornado struck Arlington, Texas on Tuesday, April 3. Several reported tornadoes tore through the Dallas area on Tuesday, tossing semis in the air and leaving crumpled tractor trailers strewn along highways and in truck stop parking lots. The National Weather Service reported at least two separate "large and extremely dangerous" tornadoes south of Dallas and Fort Worth. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ron Jenkins) (credit:AP)
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Tarrant County constable Clint C. Burgess (L) rescues a dog that belongs to David Lowe's (R) daughter after a tornado destroyed her home on April 3, in Arlington, Texas. Multiple tornadoes touched down across the Dallas/Fort Worth area causing extensive damage. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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ARLINGTON, TX - APRIL 03: Residents search for personal belongings after a tornado destroyed their home on April 3, 2012 in Arlington, Texas. Multiple tornadoes touched down across the Dallas/Fort Worth area causing extensive damage. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Residents search for personal belongings after a tornado destroyed their home on April 3, in Arlington, Texas. Multiple tornadoes touched down across the Dallas/Fort Worth area causing extensive damage. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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A man walks beneath the trailer of an 18-wheeler that sits atop a tree and a power line pole after a tornado swept through the area Tuesday, April 3, in Lancaster, Texas. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) (credit:AP)
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This frame grab provided by KDFW-TV shows tornado damage at the Flying J truck Tuesday, April 3, in Lancaster, Texas. Several reported tornadoes tore through the Dallas area on Tuesday, tossing semis in the air and leaving crumpled tractor trailers strewn along highways and in truck stop parking lots. (AP Photo/KDFW-TV) (credit:AP)
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Residents search for personal belongings after a tornado destroyed their home on April 3, in Arlington, Texas. Multiple tornadoes touched down across the Dallas/Fort Worth area causing extensive damage. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Harold Widner clears a fallen tree from his truck in Arlington, Texas on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Several reported tornadoes tore through the Dallas area on Tuesday, tossing semis in the air and leaving crumpled tractor trailers strewn along highways and in truck stop parking lots. The National Weather Service reported at least two separate "large and extremely dangerous" tornadoes south of Dallas and Fort Worth. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ron Jenkins) (credit:AP)
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Jerica Jenkins surveys damage to her home after it was hit by a tornado Tuesday, April 3, in Lancaster, Texas. The National Weather Service confirmed at least two separate "large and extremely dangerous" tornadoes in the Dallas area. (AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant) (credit:AP)
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A sign is destroyed from a passing storm in South Arlington, Texas on US 287 on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Several reported tornadoes tore through the Dallas area on Tuesday, tossing semis in the air and leaving crumpled tractor trailers strewn along highways and in truck stop parking lots. The National Weather Service reported at least two separate "large and extremely dangerous" tornadoes south of Dallas and Fort Worth. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Paul Moseley) MAGS OUT (REV-SHARE) (credit:AP)
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ARLINGTON, TX - APRIL 03: Residents search for personal belongings after a tornado destroyed their home on April 3, 2012 in Arlington, Texas. Multiple tornadoes touched down across the Dallas/Fort Worth area causing extensive damage. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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ARLINGTON, TX - APRIL 03: Residents search for personal belongings after a tornado destroyed their home on April 3, 2012 in Arlington, Texas. Multiple tornadoes touched down across the Dallas/Fort Worth area causing extensive damage. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Erin Foy, left, and her sister Immerriea White pull their luggage through the rain as their family abandons their destroyed home in the Portofino Apartments in Lancaster, Texas on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ron T. Ennis) MAGS OUT (credit:AP)
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Threatening clouds continue to move through southern Tarrant and Dallas counties after a tornado swept through Lancaster, Texas on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ron Ennis) MAGS OUT (credit:AP)
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The Green Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation center is damaged after tornadoes swept through the area, Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Rodger Mallison) MAGS OUT (credit:AP)
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Jerica Jenkins surveys damage to her home after it was hit by a tornado Tuesday, March 3, 2012, in Lancaster, Texas. The National Weather Service confirmed at least two separate "large and extremely dangerous" tornadoes in the Dallas area. (AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant) (credit:AP)
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This frame grab provided by KDFW-TV shows storm damage Tuesday, April 3, in Arlington, Texas. Several reported tornadoes tore through the Dallas area on Tuesday, tossing semis in the air and leaving crumpled tractor trailers strewn along highways and in truck stop parking lots. (AP Photo/KDFW-TV) (credit:AP)
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Map locates the Dallas area where tornadoes have hit causing damage (credit:AP)
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ARLINGTON, TX - APRIL 03: A resident works to clean up after a tornado damaged his home on April 3, 2012 in Arlington, Texas. Multiple tornadoes touched down across the Dallas/Fort Worth area causing extensive damage. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Electrical service crews work to repair damaged power lines after a tornado ripped through the area on April 3, 2012 in Arlington, Texas. Multiple tornadoes touched down across the Dallas/Fort Worth area causing extensive damage. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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James Cruthird, views the damages of his apartment in the Portofino apartment complex in Lancaster, Texas, which was directly hit by the tornado, Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Steve Pfost ) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET OUT; AP MEMBERS ONLY (credit:AP)
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Jerica Jenkins surveys damage to her home after it was hit by a tornado Tuesday, March 3, 2012, in Lancaster, Texas. The National Weather Service confirmed at least two separate "large and extremely dangerous" tornadoes in the Dallas area. (AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant) (credit:AP)
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A vehicle is covered in tornado debris in Dallas, Texas Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Storm surveyors are fanning across North Texas Wednesday trying to determine how many tornadoes touched down in the region Tuesday, as people sift through the debris that used to be their homes. The National Weather Service says possibly as many as a dozen twisters moved across the Dallas-Fort Worth area, bouncing in and out of neighborhoods, destroying homes at random. (AP Photo/Robert Ray) (credit:AP)
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Homes in Lancaster, Texas lay destroyed by a tornado on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Khampha Bouaphanh) MAGS OUT (credit:AP)
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Cambrie Thornton looks at her tornado damaged home that Forney emergency workers condemned Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in Forney, Texas. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) (credit:AP)
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Lightning streaks across the sky in Tyler, Texas as a powerful line of thunderstorms, several spawning tornados moved across Texas, Tuesday evening, April 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman) (credit:AP)
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A Forney firefighter walks in front of a home that was damaged after a tornado swept through the area Tuesday, April 3, in Forney, Texas. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) (credit:AP)
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A damaged vehicle is seen as area residents survey the tornado damage to their neighborhood Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in Forney, Texas. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) (credit:AP)
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Large debris lies in the parking lot at a heavily damaged Walgreens in Lancaster, Texas after a tornado swept through the area Tuesday April 3, 2012. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ron T. Ennis) (credit:AP)
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Residents search for personal belongings after a tornado destroyed their home on April 3, in Arlington, Texas. Multiple tornadoes touched down across the Dallas/Fort Worth area causing extensive damage. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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