India, Oct. 25 -- Residents in southeastern Texas, including Houston, witnessed a rocky start to the weekend as severe thunderstorms wreaked havoc across multiple cities on Saturday morning (October 25), according to Fox Weather.

Amid widespread torrential rains, wind gusts reached as high as 45-60 mph across the Houston metro area, the National Weather Service said. In Downtown Houston, a gust of 59 mph was reported, while a 64 mph gust was measured in Hempstead.

Earlier, the National Weather Service issued a flood watch for several counties as heavy storms moved into the Houston area overnight. This extends until 5 AM (local time).

As per Fox 26 Houston, counties under flood watch include Austin, Inland Brazoria, Inland Galveston, In...