HOUSTON — At least eight people have died in connection with Thursday's severe weather.
Here's what we know
- 31-year-old Christen Martinez, a mother of four, was killed when a large tree fell on her car in Houston's East End.
- Manuel Palacio, 39, was killed by a large tree fell that fell on his home on North Main St. in the Heights.
- Juan Hernandez, 72, was killed when a huge crane fell over and crushed the cab of a cement truck in the Magnolia Park area.
- 71-year-old Lydia Guerrero was killed by a tree branch on Jensen Drive.
- 50-year-old Brian Birdwell died from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a generator in the garage on Valleyfield Drive.
- 51-year-old Raul Munoz Aleman died of carbon monoxide poisoning inside a vehicle running in a closed garage on Rim Rock.
- A woman, 85, and her dog died in fire caused by lightning on Cypress Meadows Dr.
- A man, 57, died while trying to move a downed electrical pole on Kilkenny Gleen Drive.
- A 60-year-old man died while trying to plug in an oxygen tank.
