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Lucio Vasquez / Houston Public Media Skate World in Deer Park received significant damage from a tornado on January 24, 2023. How rare was the tornado that ripped through the Houston area on Tuesday? The region had not seen a similar twister in more than 30 years, according to a local weather expert. Space City Weather editor Eric Berger said tornadoes, like the one that touched down in Deer Park, Pasadena and Pearland on Tuesday…

Recovering from a tornado or other major disaster can be overwhelming but the Red Cross offers tips for homeowners hit hard by Tuesday’s storms. PASADENA, Texas — Hundreds of families all over the Houston area are dealing with major damage from Tuesday’s tornadoes that touched down on the southside and in Pasadena, Deer Park and Baytown.  Many homes in those communities were destroyed but amazingly there were no reports of serious injuries. Picking up the…

Lisa Tynan The Pasadena Animal Shelter was damaged by a tornado on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Lisa Tynan arrived at the Pasadena Animal Shelter at 5 p.m. Tuesday – about two hours after a tornado ripped the roof off a kennel building while dogs were inside. She saw the telltale signs of a tornado, such as collapsed structures and scattered debris, as well as scared, startled looks on the faces of more than 100 animals….

Damage caused by Tuesday’s severe weather has prompted closures of several major roads in the southeast Houston area.   The Pasadena Police Department announced in a Facebook post Wednesday morning that several roadways in and around the city will be “temporarily closed… due to the heavy damage sustained from the tornado.”   According to Pasadena PD, the following roads will be closed for now:  Fairmont Parkway @ Mickey Gilley Boulevard. Vista Road @ Mickey GIlley…

Brian Mead was delivering mail when he got caught in Tuesday’s tornado. His video from inside the mail truck shows debris flying and blinding rain. DEER PARK, Texas — Tuesday’s tornadoes were terrifying for a lot of people in the path of the powerful storms south and east of Houston.  Several drivers were caught off guard and had to ride out the tornadoes inside their vehicles.  A La Porte teen was in his pickup outside a Deer…

More than 21,600 people did not have electricity as of 10:37 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to Centerpoint Energy’s outage tracker. More than 218,000 customers had been affected by outages in the last 24 hours. Outages are concentrated in and around the southeastern Houston area, where Tuesday’s tornado caused the most damage, CenterPoint’s tracker shows. As of Wednesday morning, At least 14,000 were without power in Pasadena, with another several thousand outages across Deer Park and…

Along with the high winds, hail, and lightning, several tornadoes were reported. Below is a look at the imagery from the GOES-East satellite. As severe thunderstorms moved across the Gulf Coast yesterday, @NOAA‘s #GOESEast satellite closely monitored the activity. In addition to high winds, hail, and lots of lightning, several tornadoes were reported in Texas and Florida. pic.twitter.com/LxvptFwvnh — NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) January 25, 2023 Take a look at them below:

Mario Mendoza carries items out of a friend’s storm-damaged home Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Pasadena, Texas. A powerful storm system took aim at Gulf Coast Tuesday, spawning tornados that caused damage east of Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) “At least” EF-2 damage was caused by a tornado that tore through Deer Park and Pasadena on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. NWS survey crews were out on Wednesday morning assessing the strength and…

City officials in Pasadena, Baytown, and Deer Park are all planning damage surveys. The same goes for the National Weather Service. HOUSTON — The storms are gone but there’s a path of destruction that will take weeks to clean up after homes and businesses were shredded when a tornado swept across the Houston area Tuesday. The National Weather Service in Houston confirmed Wednesday morning that there was at least EF2 damage so far in southeast…

Houston Matters begins at 9 a.m. CT on 88.7FM or listen online. Join the discussion at 713-440-8870, talk@houstonmatters.org or @HoustonMatters. On Wednesday’s show: Thousands remain without power and public schools have cancelled classes in Pasadena and Deer Park after a tornado touched down Tuesday afternoon, tearing roofs off homes, damaging buildings, flipping vehicles, and downing power lines. We learn more about what happened and assess the damages. Also this hour: From a new White House…

Four people had just finished a class when the unthinkable happened. The gym’s restroom saved their lives. PASADENA, Texas — A restroom is the only thing still standing at a Pasadena gym after a tornado ripped through the area during severe weather. Four people were inside the Crossfit on Pansy Street. They had just finished a class and were ready to call it a day when the unthinkable happened. “Total chaos, like chaos, and very loud,”…

The teen walked away with no less than a scratch: a true miracle. DEER PARK, Texas — One can only drop their jaw when hearing the details of how a teenager survived a tornado in a truck. The teen’s dad said he and his wife had walked into a doctor’s office, leaving their son inside a truck. No less than two minutes later, the lights started flickering. There were then two explosions. “The doors started…

A strong storm system pushed through SE Texas on Tuesday, bringing with it a “catastrophic” tornado that raced through the southeast and east sides of Houston. HOUSTON — Severe weather pushed through Southeast Texas on Tuesday, bringing strong wind, at least one tornado and several high-water locations across the Houston area. Stay weather-smart. Get the KHOU 11 app to get alerts when severe weather watches and warnings are issued for your part of town. And we’ll be…