HOUSTON (KIAH) — Storms continued to batter the Houston area and other parts of the state on Tuesday.
In North Texas, the storm caused damage to many homes, downed power lines left thousands without power, and many trees were downed or uprooted during the storm.
Downtown Houston was also hit by a second storm in recent weeks, and our news partners saw glass falling from high-rise buildings, but no injuries were reported.
Cars slowly made their way along flooded highways around Houston, and more than 300,000 customers were without power in the region, including parts still recovering from hurricane-force winds earlier this month.
A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Houston on Tuesday afternoon, bringing heavy rain, winds up to 70 mph and hail the size of quarters, according to the National Weather Service.
Power was also lost in parts of the city and trees were severely damaged in some areas.
Outside of the city, Clear Lake City was hit by heavy hail. Heavy winds and rain raged across southeast Texas, bringing with it hailstones the size of quarters that fell from the sky and bounced off the ground.
In the northern suburbs, a 16-year-old boy working a summer job was killed when the storm hit Magnolia.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the boy died when a home under construction began to move and then collapsed. The boy was identified as an employee of the construction company and had been authorized to be on the job site, the statement said.
The boy’s identity has not been released, but police say he was part of a construction crew working on new construction on Willow Heights Lane.
More than 40,000 people were affected and power has been restored to more than 437,000 customers after Tuesday’s storm. Still, more than 2,000 customers remain without power.
“Many people are once again without power. Although the derecho only ended a few weeks ago, it is extremely devastating and many are still trying to recover,” County Judge Lina Hidalgo, the top elected official in Harris County, which includes Houston, said in a video posted to social media late Tuesday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
