AUSTIN (AP) -- An East Texas woman died Tuesday when a tornado hit northern Hardin County, one of numerous twisters moving through the region ahead of an expected cold front. Valerie Stewart, a dispatcher for the Hardin County Sheriff's Department, said an elderly woman was killed and three people were injured when the storm hit near Farm to Market Road 92 about 4:30 p.m.

"Several trailers were wiped out," Stewart said. She wasn't certain whether the woman who died lived in a trailer.

Stewart said there was "pretty extensive damage" throughout the northern part of the county, but she was not aware of other injuries.

Authorities in Hardin and neighboring counties said they were dealing with additional storms moving through the region as they tried to get a handle on the damage from the earlier wave of storms, but at least six to eight homes were destroyed in the region.

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