RUSK COUNTY, Texas — Emergency management teams are now responding to the aftermath of a tornado that caused "considerable" damage in Mt. Enterprise in Rusk County.
"The Rusk County Office of Emergency Management is activated in a mobile command post in the City of Mount Enterprise in response to the tornado that has impacted the city as well as along a path across southern Rusk County," the Rusk County OEM said in a Facebook post. "We are currently in a full response activation."
The tornado touched down Saturday evening around 6:25 p.m. and crossed HWY 343.
The Rusk County OEM posted to Facebook that a National Weather Service storm chaser reported the tornado, as well as its damage to nearby trees and structures.
"We currently have multiple residences and businesses that have suffered damage and are currently working uility emergencies and conducting search and rescue operations and trying to assist all who have been impacted by today's extreme weather," the Facebook post continued.
Sheriff Johnwayne Valdez has confirmed that no fatalities or major injuries have been reported.
Currently the Rusk County OEM and law enforcement are checking the affected area in a "multi-jurisdictional response."
The severe weather across East Texas is continuing, and many other counties are under tornado watches and warnings. Find them here.