Storms, Tornadoes Lash Texas; Death Toll Rises to 3

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Houston, Muharram 18, 1437, Oct 31, 2015, SPA -- Another round of storms and strong winds moved east across Texas on Saturday, with three radar-confirmed tornadoes damaging homes and causing injuries in the Houston area. It's the second day of turbulent weather in the state, where at least three people died Friday in flood waters in central Texas. The body of a man who was swept away Friday in the Austin area was found Saturday, but another is still missing, AP reported. As the storms moved east, National Weather Service meteorologist Patrick Blood said a tornado went through Brazoria County near Alvin about 5 a.m. Saturday, injuring at least two people and damaging about 25 mobile homes in the community that's 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Houston. Thirty minutes later, a tornado hit the Houston suburb of Friendswood, collapsing the roof of one home. No one was injured because residents were not home, officials said. Another 30 or so homes had minor damage. And about 7 a.m. Saturday, between 10 and 30 homes were damaged by a tornado in a subdivision in eastern Harris County, Blood said. In the Houston area, up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) of rain have fallen since Friday night, and will continue to fall until early Saturday afternoon, Blood said. That's resulted in flooded streets, which led officials to suspend public light-rail and bus transportation in the morning; limited rail service was restored around 11 a.m. The Houston Fire Department said it had responded to more than 90 water rescues by midmorning Saturday. --SPA 20:54 LOCAL TIME 17:54 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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