Deadly Houston windstorm estimated to have caused $5B to $7B in damage, AccuWeather tells ABC13

The storm that pounded Houston, the fourth-largest U.S. city, caused between at least $5 billion worth of damage, AccuWeather preliminarily reports.A storm on a Thursday in May is going down in the record books as one of the costliest disasters, if not in Houston, then in recorded history based on preliminary estimates shared with ABC13.

In the day following the Thursday evening storm, ABC13 crews captured multiple trees toppling on homes, electricity towers no longer standing, and the unprecedented sight of downtown Houston's glass skyscrapers riddled with blown-out windows. "Oftentimes there are damaging wind events in Houston, but they tend to be fairly localized," Porter said on Friday, estimating that the storm ripped across town in nearly 90 minutes. "What was unique about this storm was the intensity of the wind gusts - 80 to 100 or more mph over a widespread area from the northwest suburbs right into downtown and into the southeast part of Houston.

According to Porter, his team came to the dollar estimate based on a diverse set of inputs, including damage to homes and businesses and the lasting impact, like job losses and power outages.

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