Severe storms and reported tornadoes tear through Texas as storm system heads east
CNN
Dozens of homes and other buildings were badly damaged as severe storms and reported tornadoes moved through Texas Monday, and officials are setting up shelters for displaced families as they try to assess the full scope of the damage.
There were 17 tornado reports across Texas and Oklahoma, CNN Meteorologist Rob Shackelford said. Nearly 65,000 customers were without power in Texas early Tuesday, largely in the Houston area, according to PowerOutage.US.
Five million people from eastern Texas to northwestern Louisiana and southwestern Arkansas remained under tornado watches through early Tuesday morning, Shackelford said.
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