Tornado leaves behind 'significant' path of destruction
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Severe weather swept through southeast Texas on Monday, Nov. 24, and video shows a massive tornado with a funnel cloud that touched down. It was captured across Texas State Highway 249 in the afternoon amid a tornado watch warning throughout several counties, according to Storyful. Footage shows the murky twister rotating, leaving onlookers in awe.
Severe storms in southeast Texas brought a tornado to the Houston area Monday. More than 100 homes were damaged as the twister toppled giant trees and ripped apart roofs. Thousands of customers lost power, and gas line ruptures added to the concerns in the tornado’s aftermath. Drone video from Harris County captured the widespread damage.
We're getting reports of damage across the Houston area after a strong line of storms moved through the area on Monday afternoon.
The response to an EF-2 tornado that damaged or destroyed dozens of buildings in Pilot Grove was hampered by some first responders not being able to communicate with each other using radios at the scene.
No injuries had been reported by local authorities as of Tuesday afternoon, when the National Weather Service confirmed that two tornadoes had ripped through northwest Harris County within a span of 30 minutes on Monday.
A National Weather Service damage survey found an EF1 tornado impacted Fulton County on Tuesday evening, November 18.