Deadly storms slam Houston, leaving thousands of homes, businesses without power

>> Whit: WE BEGIN WITH THE DEADLY STORM BRINGING DANGEROUS WINDS AND WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING. TAKE A LOOK AT DOWNTOWN HOUSTON RIGHT NOW. THAT IS JUST A GLIMPSE OF THE SEVERE DAMAGE THERE. AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED NEAR THE CITY. OUR GINGER ZEE STARTS US OFF. GINGER, THIS LOOKS LIKE DAMAGE AFTER A POSSIBLE TORNADO. >> Ginger: YEAH. IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHETHER IT'S A TORNADO, STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THEY'LL TELL US WHAT IT WAS TODAY. IS YOUR FAMILY ALL RIGHT? THIS WAS BIG. >> Michael: THEY'RE ALL RIGHT. >> Ginger: THIS WAS A GNARLY LINE OF STORMS. IT WENT RIGHT INTO DOWNTOWN HOUSTON. WE SAW THE TIME LAPSE. THE MAYOR WAS SAYING IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN THEY HAD HURRICANE IKE. WE'RE NOT DONE YET. WE'VE GOT FLOOD WATCHES ALL THE WAY TO DESTIN AND MORE STORMS TO GO TONIGHT. OVERNIGHT DEADLY STORMS SWEEPING ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF COAST. SOUTHEAST TEXAS WITH WINDS OVER 80 MILES PER HOUR. NEAR HOUSTON, AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED. AT ONE POINT OVERNIGHT, MORE THAN 1 MILLION CUSTOMERS IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA WITHOUT POWER, AS THOSE VICIOUS WINDS TOOK DOWN TRANSMISSION LINES. >> I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH THE DANGER OF FALLEN TREES AND FALLEN UTILITY LINES. DOWNTOWN IS A MESS. IT'S DANGEROUS DUE TO THE GLASS AND THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS. STAY AT HOME. >> Ginger: DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, A MESS. >> IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A BOMB WENT OFF AND EVERYTHING IS DAMAGED. >> Ginger: WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF SKYSCRAPERS, STREETS LITTERED WITH DEBRIS. >> THE CEILING TILE WAS COME DOWN. >> Ginger: THE ROOF OF THIS HYATT HOTEL SENT FLYING. A LARGE CHUNK OF THIS BAR CRUMBLING. >> I REALIZED IT WAS PRETTY BAD WHEN IT GOT BLACK. I MEAN, IT REALLY GOT DARK. >> Ginger: ASTROS FANS SCRAMBLING AFTER RAIN GOT THROUGH THE DOME AT MINUTE MAID PARK. TREES LITTERING THE STREETS. THIS TIRE SHOP BARELY STANDING. >> IT'S HARD. IT'S MY FAMILY BUSINESS. I'M SORRY. >> Ginger: AND WITH ALL THE DAMAGING WINDS, TORRENTIAL RAIN. UP TO HALF FOOT, LEADING TO WIDESPREAD FLOODING. SO I THINK FLOODING IS THE DAYTIME HAZARD THAT WE'RE GOING TO WATCH FOR BECAUSE THE STORMS ARE SLIGHTLY LESS POWERFUL. BUT WE ARE GOING TO REINVIGORATE THE ATMOSPHERE AND LATER TONIGHT FROM LAFAYETTE THROUGH NEW ORLEANS IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, PEOPLE WILL BE SLEEPING AND YOU'LL GET THIS BIG LINE OF STORMS AGAIN. YOU'LL HAVE FROM HATTIESBURG TO MONTGOMERY, THE FLOOD CONCERN GOING THROUGH TOMORROW. >> Rebecca: AND WE KNOW YOU'LL BE STAYING ON IT, GINGER. AND WE'LL BE THINKING OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE IN THAT ZONE. THANK YOU.

Channel: ABC News

Views: 73,824

Keywords: abc, alerts, astros, deaths, flooding, ginger, gma, high, houston, lousiana, news, p_cmsid=2494279, p_vid=news-110332106, risk, southwest, storms, texas, warning, weather, wind, zee

Id: yOqRT2ZK__s

Length: 2min 45sec (165 seconds)

Published: Fri May 17 2024