FilAms among many without power amid Houston's wicked weather | TFC News Texas, USA
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Severe thunderstorms left behind the Trail of Destruction in southeastern Texas on Thursday,
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hitting hard the Houston area with winds of up to 100 miles per hour.
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Much of the damage was due to the strong winds brought by extreme thunderstorms' downdrafts.
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An EF-1 tornado was also spotted near Cypress, Texas.
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At least five people are dead, including a mother and a newborn.
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Houston Filipinos are among those affected by the wicked weather.
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Kumakain kami ng pamilya ko, lumakas yung hangin, sobrang lakas,
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nakala na nag-flicker yung, or kumukurap na yung kuryente dun sa restaurant.
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So nag-check kami ng weather and sabi lumalala na daw yung warning for hurricane dito around Houston, Texas.
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And so umuwi kami kagad para i-charge lahat ng portable devices namin.
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Over one million customers, including Filipinos, lost power at the peak of the storm.
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Grabe, we lost power.
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Last night, mga alas syete ng gabi.
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All of a sudden, madilim, tapos nakakatakot ang lakas ng hangin.
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Pag-ising namin ngayong umaga, wala pa rin kuryente.
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Kahapon ni tornado kami, tapos hanggang ngayon wala pa kaming kuryente.
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Buti na lang like, yan, battery operated, yan.
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Pero pagbukas mo ng ilaw, wala.
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Ang dilim-dilim sa loob ng bakay.
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Tapos nito po tayo sa...
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Sa kusina ko, ayan yung refrigerator.
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Medyo madilim pero lahat yan.
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Bale, mapapanis na.
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Blaise Grice, who's married to Filipina Joanne Grice,
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shows ABS-CBN News the impact of the storm on his house and his neighbors.
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This is our backyard. You can see there's a tree that went down there.
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And then as we pan across to the left, the entire fence on the side is down.
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It went all the way up to the front of the house where the front fence is down.
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If you look across, looks like about three or four neighbors through straights that have their fences down as well.
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But yeah, we've been out without power now since 6.30 on the 16th.
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We've heard of the power lines down around 529.
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Both directions are closed, so that's kind of our main power grid.
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We're basically buckling up to be without power for two to four days
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depending on how quickly things start moving.
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This is dashcam video from Duolet Dufont Fontanilla's vehicle.
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He picks up and delivers balikbayon boxes for a living.
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He describes his terrifying experience with the storm.
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Sa mga na-encounter ko ng malakas ng mga bagyo,
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ito ang halos isang oras na nakakatakot.
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Bumagsak na yung mga puno, bumagsak yung power line, bumagsak.
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Ang cable sa highway, hindi tayo makakakaros. Kailangan natin maganap na iba.
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott asked for a presidential disaster declaration for areas severely impacted
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by the hurricane force winds and historic flooding.
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The killer storm system also battered Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states.
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Cheryl Pixell, ABS-CBN News, Houston.
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Thank you for watching!
