ROWLETT — Four days after a tornado tore through parts of North Texas, FEMA crews are on the ground to assess the damage.
"The local jurisdictions have to turn in the damages and our first responsibility is search and rescue," said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins. "And we can't begin to assess damages when it's dark on Sunday night."
The tornado rolled directly over the city's water tower. The twister lifted up several mobile homes, slamming them into the supporting posts.
Inside one of the mobile homes was 5-year-old Lamia Graves.
"When the storm came I landed on my face," Graves said pointing to a gash above her left eye.
"We were in the bathtub," she continued. "My mom and my dad put [down] a mattress and then the house flipped over. We we're all on the ground."
Her parents are in the hospital. Mom, Vanessa Graves, has a fractured collar bone and a fractured spinal cord. While dad, Joseph Graves, walked away with just a few cuts on his face.
The water tower is still standing but was drained Monday. Jenkins says it will likely come down at a price tag of $1.5 million.
Until the water tower is secured, the Graves family wont be able to get in and see what's left.
But, Lamia's concern isn't about the stuff left behind. The 5-year-old says she wants her parents out of the hospital.
"I wan't to make her get better," Graves said.
