WATCH: Windows Blown Out Of Skyscraper During Texas Storm

Severe thunderstorms swept through Houston, Texas, resulting in four people’s deaths and leaving over 1 million without power.

Videos surfacing on X show 78 mph winds blowing out the windows of skyscrapers in downtown Houston.

The National Weather Surface also reported, “Widespread debris, glass, and electrical lines are in the streets.”

Take a look:

Intense moments for those sitting in their vehicle as destructive winds clocking in at 80+ mph blew out the windows of skyscrapers in Houston, Texas yesterday and blowing all sorts of debris around!

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BREAKING: Widespread damage in Houston after severe storms roll through; windows blown out of skyscrapers downtownpic.twitter.com/SDEEcWmGMe

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Here’s what Fox Weather reported:

A line of severe thunderstorms swept through southeastern Texas and Louisiana on Thursday, blasting the Houston area with ferocious winds that left at least four dead – including a mother of a newborn – and more than 1 million power customers without electricity.

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Winds reported as high as 78 mph toppled trees, blew out windows of high-rise buildings and caused transmission towers holding power lines to crumble. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office and National Weather Service encouraged everyone to stay off the roads.

“Widespread debris, glass and electrical lines are in the streets,” the NWS warned.

PowerOutage.us reported that more than 800,000 people in the Houston metro area lost power, but with nearby counties also dealing with outages, the state’s tally climbed to well over 1 million customers at the storm’s peak. The line of storms eventually raced east into Louisiana, pummeling New Orleans with gusts of 84 mph and leaving over 200,000 in Louisiana without power.

Severe thunderstorms swept through Houston, Texas, on Thursday evening, killing at least four people and leaving nearly 1 million homes and businesses without power.

The storms, with winds exceeding 100 mph, caused extensive damage, including shattered windows in skyscrapers,… pic.twitter.com/pPfF7ZEMFE

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Per ABC 13 Houston:

Downtown Houston got hit as hard or harder than any other area during Thursday evening’s destructive storms.

Video shows countless high-rise buildings’ windows blown out, with shattered glass and other debris scattered all over the roads below.

“I was on the 25th floor when it happened,” one witness said. “We could literally feel the building shake. And then the ceiling tile was coming down.”

ABC13 Reporter Courtney Carpenter surveyed the damage downtown on Friday morning. At the corner of Louisiana Street and McKinney Street, glass, tree limbs, and insulation littered the ground.

In other areas, street lights and signs dangled loose from wires.

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