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From The Newsroom: Building Stronger Homes; Finding Better Concussion Treatments

Pablo Arauz Peña
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KERA News Special Contributor
Storm damage in Rowlett.

The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom:

A 12th person has died of injuries from one of the 10 tornadoes that struck North Texas the day after Christmas.

Those who survived the storms face a massive cleanup effort. The Insurance Council of Texas estimates the tornado outbreak caused at least 1.2 billion dollars in damage. An engineer who specializes in how construction holds up during a storm says there needs to be stronger home-building standards.

Other stories this morning:

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Former KERA staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and KERANews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.