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Apr 11, 2008 1:42 pm US/Central

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N. Texas Storm Damage Expected To Top $35 Million

DALLAS (CBS 11 News/AP) ―

An insurance industry spokeswoman says damage from this week's severe storms is expected to top $35 million in the Dallas-Fort Worth area alone.

Sandra Helin is with the Dallas-based Southwestern Insurance Information Service. She says the damage estimate is expected to climb significantly as insurance adjusters and homeowners continue to inspect their homes over the weekend.

Late Friday morning some 50,000 Dallas-Fort Worth customers of Oncor Electric remained without power after strong storms swept through the Dallas-Fort Worth area Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

In a press release sent out Friday, Oncor Rresident and Chief Operating Officer Rob Trimble said, "Thanks to the hard work of our crews, Oncor can see the finish line for this storm. We're now entering the most difficult aspect of storm restoration, working door-to-door and neighborhood-to-neighborhood to find and fix problems."

Eight schools remain in the dark; seven of those are in Fort Worth. The Red Cross has opened shelters in Burleson and Hurst.

Late Friday morning some 50,000 Dallas-Fort Worth customers of Oncor Electric remained without power after strong storms swept through the Dallas-Fort Worth area Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

Oncor officials still think it'll be late Saturday before all the power is restored. At the peak of the outage some 250,000 North Texas customers were without power.

Also, Fort Worth police closed a number of downtown streets so crews can replace several storm-damaged glass panels on the 24th floor of the DR Horton Tower on Commerce Street.

Strong winds damaged three windows and authorities are afraid damaged glass from the building could fall to the ground. One pane is fractured and shows signs of possible breakage; two other panels are cracked. Each panel weighs approximately 400 pounds.

Crews are expected to have the glass repaired later today.

The National Weather Service confirms at least eight tornadoes touched down: two in Stephens County, one in Palo Pinto, one in Johnson County, DeSoto in Dallas County, McKinney in Collin County, Leary in Bowie County and San Angelo.

According to officials at least 100 homes and buildings were damaged across the state.

(CBS 11 News/AP)

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