Extreme Weather
At least seven people were killed when a violent thunderstorm complex ripped through downtown Houston and the surrounding area Thursday evening, according to officials.
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May 17 | Houston
A man walks down the street as a traffic light hangs from a wire in the aftermath of a severe thunderstorm.
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David J. Phillip/AP
May 17 | Houston
Blown out windows on a high-rise downtown building.
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David J. Phillip/AP
May 17 | Houston
A fallen window from a building rests on a sidewalk.
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May 17 | Houston
Martin Blinn, who is visiting from Austin where his house was flooded, takes pictures of damage, downtown.
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Danielle Villasana for The Washington Post
May 17 | Houston
Blown out windows of a downtown high-rise building aftermath of a severe thunderstorm.
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David J. Phillip/AP
May 17 | Houston
Chairs and tables were turned upside down.
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Danielle Villasana for The Washington Post
May 17 | Houston
Broken glass covers a downtown street.
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David J. Phillip/AP
May 17 | Houston
A man, with laptops, sits in a building along a downtown street littered with debris.
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Danielle Villasana for The Washington Post
May 17 | Houston
Conejo Malo, a downtown club, was severely damaged in the storm.
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Danielle Villasana for The Washington Post
May 17 | Houston
People survey the damage outside club Conejo Malo.
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Danielle Villasana for The Washington Post
May 17 | Houston
Anita Wolfsteiner walks through a neighbor’s damaged yard in the Heights neighborhood.
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Danielle Villasana for The Washington Post
May 17 | Houston
A chair rests amid debris along a damaged porch.
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Danielle Villasana for The Washington Post
May 17 | Houston
Juan Angeles cleans out a bedroom in his apartment damaged by the storm.
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May 17 | Houston
Children check out an uprooted tree on a street in their neighborhood.
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May 16 | Houston
Houston police officers move a fallen tree out of the street at Prairie and Travis Street.
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Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle/AP
May 16 | Houston
Downed transmission power lines near the Grand Parkway and West Road after a storm.
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Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle/AP
May 16 | Houston
Workers pause to look at a building with blown out glass windows caused by damage from a severe thunderstorm that passed through downtown.
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David J. Phillip/AP
May 16 | Houston
Shattered glass covers the street outside the Hyatt Regency hotel.
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David J. Phillip/AP
May 16 | Houston
A worker sweeps up shards of broken glass.
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Kirk Sides/AP
May 16 | Houston
Workers clean up damage inside a downtown restaurant.
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David J. Phillip/AP
May 16 | Houston
Rapper Trae tha Truth, in yellow, cuts fallen tree limbs on top of a car in the aftermath of a severe thunderstorm.
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David J. Phillip/AP
May 16 | Houston
A car crushed by falling bricks from a fallen building wall sits in a downtown parking lot.
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