Meteorologists say exceptional windstorms that may leave some Houston residents without power for weeks left damage in their wake comparable to that caused by a hurricane
Exceptional windstorms that could leave some Houston residents without power for weeks left damage in their wake comparable to that caused by a hurricane, meteorologists said Friday. “We believe this windstorm is the most significant windstorm likely for the Houston area since Hurricane Alicia back in 1983,” said Janice Maldonado, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service Houston/Galveston office. At least four people died after the storms barreled through Houston on Thursday.
I mean, you don’t see these types of things very often, unless of course, you’re in a hurricane or you have a tornado strike,' Northern Illinois University meteorology professor Victor Gensini said. It was what meteorologists call a microburst, which is like “pouring pancake batter out onto a griddle … it hits the ground and then pushes out in all directions,” Gensini said. Severe weather events raise questions about the role of a warming world.
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