A severe storm with damaging winds, triggering tornado alerts, swept through Houston and its surrounding areas late Thursday, leaving destruction in its wake.
In west Harris County, cameras captured several downed transmission lines at West and Fry Road.
“These are the strongest ones, the ones that carry the highest current, and it takes a lot of wind to topple something like this because they’re built to withstand high winds,” explained Chief Forecaster David Tillman during Thursday’s coverage update on the downed lines.
Further in Katy, along Fry Road and FM-529, eyewitness photos depicted damage to a home’s backyard and a snapped tree, part of which landed on top of a vehicle.
In the same vicinity, images showed damage to a Starbucks location across the street from Cy-Springs High School. Nearby, in the Cypress Springs retail plaza, the plaza’s sign sustained heavy damage, with some parts nearly torn off.
In the northeast part of the city, a viewer shared images of damage at the Krab Junkie on Kelly Road, including downed branches and what appeared to be a trampoline and a fan on a post and fence.
Footage from another camera revealed significant damage to the Conejo Malo club at Travis Street near Commerce. The video showed an entire brick wall of the building torn off, with numerous bricks strewn across the parking lot. It remains unclear whether anyone was inside the building at the time.
In the northwest area, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez posted an image on social media showing an uprooted tree fallen at the intersection of Pinemont Drive and TC Jester, urging people to avoid the roadways if possible.
Additionally, downtown, a guest at the Hyatt Regency shared a video of water pouring inside after winds apparently shattered the windows.
As of now, there have been no reports of injuries.
