As officials survey destruction and restore power after deadly storms in Texas, Southeast and Gulf Coast face flooding threat

As officials assess the damage from destructive storms in the Houston area that killed at least seven people and knocked out power amid rising temperatures, residents in the Southeast and Gulf Coast face a severe weather threat through Saturday that could bring another round of excessive rainfall and severe thunderstorms. A complex of storms with winds up to 100 mph and a tornado left a trail of destruction Thursday across the Houston area that damaged multiple skyscrapers and triggered power outages that could stretch on for weeks amid soaring temperatures....