AP
- Houston got hit by a line of thunderstorms with hurricane-strength winds.
- At least 4 people are dead and almost 1 million are without power.
- The outages could last weeks, one elected official said.
A series of powerful thunderstorms packing hurricane-force winds smashed through Houston on Thursday, leaving at least 4 people dead and nearly 1 million without power.
And damage to the grid could leave some parts of Texas's largest city without electricity for weeks, one county executive said.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said on Friday that the storm flipped an 18-wheeler and toppled power transmission towers. She said the recovery effort would take time.