Houston-area residents share accounts of fast-developing severe storms
At least one tornado touched down and multiple people died during severe storms Thursday night in the Houston area. Nearly 1 million homes and businesses lost electricity at one point, and more than 600,000 remained without power as of Friday afternoon.
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