Exploding transformers light up skies over Hobby Airport

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Bright flashes of light filled the sky early Saturday morning as severe weather pushed through southeast Houston.

Transformers sparks light the sky in Livingston neighborhood during tornado warning.

Our cameras were rolling as transformers began to explode near Hobby Airport, emitting a pulsing light that could be seen for miles.

Throughout the night, high winds whipped Houston and a series of tornado warnings were issued as strong storms pushed from Brazoria County to areas south and east of Houston.

As of 12:46 a.m., more than 41,000 customers were left without power, according to CenterPoint Energy. However, that number was down to 17,500 by 3 a.m.

A viewer said his trampoline flipped over about 30 ft. into his neighbor’s yard! This is near Fry Road and West Little York.

Earlier in the evening, the storms produced high wind and heavy lightning storms in College Station.

College Station lightning strike causes spark

As the storm entered The Woodlands, reporter Tom Abrahams saw winds topple a tree in his backyard, breaking one planter and leaving tree limbs in his pool.

ABC 13 Anchor Tom Abrahams shares weather damage from the Woodlands

In Stafford, some residents at the Murphy Road Mobile Home Park on Murphy Road near W. Airport also saw damage due to the wind.

One teen said she was sleeping when the storm started.

“All I heard was wind pounding on my window, and I could feel like my wall was going to come off my room where the windows were,” said Gabby Espinal. “It also opened our glass door from the back, the wind just opened it. We had it locked.”

Espinal told ABC 13 her family’s home was fine, but another neighbor was not so fortunate.

“We came out here after to see what had happened to our house, and thankfully, nothing happened, but then we walked over here and we saw that this poor lady, her house was torn down,” said Espinal.

This raw video shows the damage neighbors in one mobile home park had to deal with, and one resident even lost her house.

In one Pearland neighborhood, a homeowner shared photos of his dock, which detached from its base. The dock is now resting up against his boat.

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