Deadly tornadoes hit areas of central Texas Tuesday afternoon. A path between Austin and Waco was the hardest hit including Jarrell, Texas where an entire subdivision was wiped out. Some 32 people are now confirmed dead in that area alone, with 50 to 75 houses destroyed. Across the state, more bad weather...in Cedar Park, Texas the roof of a grocery store was blown off...causing the building to collapse injuring eight people. A tornado struck a marina in Bell County, Texas with at least five boats reported destroyed and damages to neighboring buildings.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas.

A TORNADO IS CAUGHT ON HOME VIDEO.

CLEANUP EFFORTS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL TEXAS AFTER DEADLY TORNADOES RIPPED THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. AT LEAST 27 PEOPLE ARE DEAD IN THE TOWN OF JARRELL NORTH OF AUSTIN AND MORE ARE STILL MISSING.

At least 32 people are dead and dozens injured as tornadoes rake central Texas. 30 of the fatalities are reported in the town of Jarrell, about 40 miles north of Austin. In the words of a state trooper the town "is pretty well flattened." It's not the first time this has happened in Jarrell. The town was largely destroyed by a tornado in 1989. A few miles to the south, in the town of Cedar Park, at least eight people were hurt when a grocery store's roof was blown off, causing the building to collapse. A restaurant and video store were heavily damaged. Throughout the region, authorities call the damage "unbelievable."

CLEANUP EFFORTS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL TEXAS AFTER DEADLY TORNADOES RIPPED THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. AT LEAST 27 PEOPLE ARE DEAD IN THE TOWN OF JARRELL NORTH OF AUSTIN AND MORE ARE STILL MISSING. AN ENTIRE SUBDIVISION WAS WIPED OUT BY A HUGE TWISTER. THE COMMUNITY WAS HIT BY A TORNADO IN 1989. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED THEN AND MANY HOMES AND BUSINESSES WERE DESTROYED. IN NEARBY CEDAR PARK, SEARCHERS CONTINUE TO LOOK THROUGH THE RUBBLE OF AN ALBERTSON'S GROCERY STORE. ANOTHER TWISTER RIPPED OFF THE ROOF OF THE HUGE BUILDING. SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL REPORTED MISSING.-END-

ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO, TORNADOES RIPPED THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS. IN CEDAR PARK, SHOPPERS AT AN ALBERTSON'S GROCERY STORE BARELY ESCAPED WITH THEIR LIVES WHEN A QUICK-THINKING EMPLOYEE HERDED THEM AND STORE EMPLOYEES INTO A WALK-IN COOLER. MOMENTS LATER A TWISTER RIPPED INTO THE BUILDING, CAUSING HEAVY DAMAGE. TODAY THAT STORE RE-OPENED AND MANY OF THOSE WHO LIVED THROUGH THE DISASTER WERE ON HAND.-END-

The Austin, Texas area has been experiencing some heavy rain lately. A lot of people had to stay indoors today because of the constant rainfall. Quite a few outdoor activities had to be cancelled or postponed. Shoal Creek is flooding pretty quickly, and it's not out of it's ranks yet. All the rain Shoal Creek and other parts of the city got... put a damper on some plans. A big fundraiser was supposed to be held at Hill Country Cellars in Cedar Park, Texas... it was supposed to be an auction fundraiser to raise money for last month's Cedar Park tornado... and organizers were expecting a pretty big crowd. For now, the tornado funraiser has been rescheduled for next Saturday in Cedar Park... weather permitting.

Residents of Jarrell, Texas and neighboring Cedar Park are beginning the arduous task of cleaning up after a massive tornado tore their communities to shreds Tuesday. In Cedar Park, the tornado collapsed the roof of a grocery store.. injuring several people who'd sought shelter there. For a while.. authorities were worried that four people might have been buried in the debris.. but thankfully everyone was eventually accounted for. Meantime.. residents are sifting through the ruins of their homes.. salvaging whatever they can.. grateful to be alive. In Jarrell.. residents of the ill-fated Double Creek Estates.. which was all but obliterated by the storms.. were finally allowed back to their homes.. or what was left of them. They'd been kept away as authorities searched for victims and survivors.

A RECENT RASH OF KILLER TORNADOES STIRS NEW INTEREST IN AFFORDABLE SHELTERS

THE NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY CONFIRMED WHAT EVERBODY ALREADY KNEW. LAST WEEK'S TORNADOES THAT RIPPED THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS WERE SOME OF THE STRONGEST ON RECORD. THE TWISTER THAT KILLED 27 PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF JARRELL WAS AN F-5, THE HIGHEST ON THE SCALE. THE STORM SYSTEM THAT SPAWNED THAT DEADLY TWISTER ALSO DROPPED AN F-3 TORNADO ON THE COMMUNITY OF CEDAR PARK. THE WEATHER SERVICE WAS IN AUSTIN TO DISCUSS THE WAY WARNINGS WERE PUT OUT IN ADVANCE OF THE STORMS.-END-