Dozens of families near Houston are starting to pick up the pieces of their damaged homes after a tornado tore through the area just three days before Thanksgiving.

The tornado tracked across the northwest suburbs of Houston Monday afternoon, damaging 100 homes, local officials said. The National Weather Service confirmed the tornado and will assign it a rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale on Tuesday after conducting a damage assessment.

Areas damaged included the Memorial Northwest neighborhood, where drone footage showed trees down and roofs partially removed from homes, and the Riata West Subdivision. Damage was also reported at the Klein Fire Department Administration Complex, where a gas leak was reported. Eyewitnesses described trees "snapping like matchsticks." There were no inj

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