At least one person was killed and several others injured after a strong storm front spawned multiple tornadoes in the Houston area Saturday afternoon, officials said.

North of Houston, tornadoes touched down in Katy, Cypress, Porter Heights and Splendora, according to the National Weather Service, while south of Houston several homes were destroyed when a tornado touched down between Alvin and Liverpool. The weather service issued a flurry of tornado warnings for the region.

One person died in the Liverpool area and four people suffered injuries that were not considered critical, said Madison Polston, spokeswoman for the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office.

Polston said there are “several touchdown points” in the county between Liverpool and Hillcrest Village and Alvin. She said they knew of about 10 homes damaged so far, but were still working to determine the extent of the damage.

Jason Smith, deputy chief of staff for Montgomery County, which is north of Houston, told CBS News in an email that 50 to 100 homes were damaged by severe weather, falling trees and power lines.

Smith added that at least two people were hospitalized, but there have been no reports of life-threatening injuries so far.

Mobile homes were damaged or destroyed in Katy and Porter Heights, where a fire station’s doors were blown down, the weather service said.

The weather service wrote that “a large and extremely dangerous tornado” was near Stowell, which is east of Houston in Chambers County.

According to the website FlightAware, Houston’s two main airports – Houston Bush Intercontinental and Houston Hobby – experienced departure delays of over an hour early Saturday afternoon, increasing due to the storms.

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