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Houston and surrounding counties can’t seem to catch a break from severe weather in 2024. From January to December, this year has brought round after round of damaging wind, hail and tornadoes.

An EF1 tornado with 90-mph winds tore through an area southwest of Houston, causing structural damage to some homes, a storm survey team from the National Weather Service confirmed Friday night.

HOUSTON — Severe weather moved through the Houston area Saturday, the second time in three days that storms producing funnel clouds and tornadoes were captured on video. Tornado-warned storms ...

Confirmed Tornado (KPRC) 2. Porter Heights - Splendora Tornado: EF-3. Timeline: 12:05 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. with an estimated peak wind of 140 mph. Damage: This was a large tornado with a path of 10. ...

The heat index could rise above 103 at times, but there could be a couple of afternoon storms to provide a temporary ...

Photos and videos show what appeared to be a tornado on the ground in Wharton County outside of Houston. Skip Navigation. ... — KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) December 27, 2024.

HOUSTON — A strong storm system threatened to whip up tornadoes in parts of the U.S. Southeast on ... while a tornado watch was in effect for some parts of the state. At 9 a.m. Sunday ET, ...

The storm that pounded Houston, the fourth-largest U.S. city, caused between at least $5 billion worth of damage, AccuWeather preliminarily reports.

Residents along Plumbrook Drive in southwest Houston saw the damage caused by a confirmed EF-1 tornado on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

HOUSTON — Severe weather moved through the Houston area Saturday, the second time in three days that storms producing funnel clouds and tornadoes were captured on video. Tornado-warned storms ...