Alvin ISD’s Walt Disney Elementary School damaged in tornado: How to help

ALVIN, Texas - Alvin ISD’s Walt Disney Elementary School sustained significant damage when an EF-2 tornado tore through Brazoria County on Saturday.

The district says many educators at the school lost their teaching materials and items that they purchased with their own money to support their classrooms.

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The Alvin ISD Education Foundation has established a donation site to help educators replace their lost materials and rebuild their classrooms. Click here for more information.

Walt Disney Elementary supply drive

A supply drive will also be held on Dec. 31, Jan. 1 and Jan. 2 at Old Alvin Primary, 2200 Westpark Dr. Alvin, TX 77511.

The drive will run from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. It will run from 8 a.m. to noon on Jan. 2.

To meet the needs of educators, they will only be accepting items from the supply drive list. Click here to see what items are needed.

Walt Disney Elementary damaged by tornado

Alvin ISD's Walt Disney Elementary sustained damage from an EF-2 tornado.

The National Weather Service says the most significant damage from the EF-2 tornado that spawned Saturday was observed at Walt Disney Elementary School.

The school sustained extensive damage to its roof.

Alvin ISD students are currently out of school for the holidays through Jan. 6.

Deadly tornado in Brazoria County

According to the National Weather Service, the tornado began around 12:52 p.m., moving from the southwest end of County Road 172 to the eastern edge of Hillcrest with a path of 8.78 miles.

A 47-year-old woman, identified by family as Jamie Brown, was killed when the tornado struck her house.

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The NWS says five other people were injured.

The tornado was one of six that have been confirmed across Southeast Texas from a severe weather outbreak on Saturday.