Tornadoes leave wake of destruction

Virginia Sides stands on her property  Sunday morning April 30, taking in what was left of Sides Pea Farm on Farm-to-Market 2909 after a series of tornados ripped through the eastern portion of Canton. Sides surveyed what remained of the family-owned farm, which now lies in ruin and lamented the total loss of a harvest. 
Sides Pea Farm was decimated by a series of twisters that ravaged through Canton Saturday, April 29, leaving behind a 50-mile wake of destruction. 
Van Zandt residents were warned of the potential of heavy thunderstorms April 29, but with hot, humid and sunny skies, a series of tornadoes was unthinkable.  Converging weather systems created a perfect recipe for disaster, leading to the deaths of four people, injuring countless others and altering the landscape of the Canton area after the tornados were over. 
 

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