At least four people have died in Houston as severe weather blasted through the city, an official said, as strong storms lashed parts of Texas.

Heather Sumner comes from a long line of bus drivers; her grandmother, father and mother were all drivers for more than 30 years, and Sumner said some of her favorite childhood memories are the ones she spent riding alongside them.

Edmond firefighters had to work fast to get water to the house because of how far the nearest hydrant was to the home.

A Moore High School senior's Gold Star Girl Scout project has provided special needs students at a local elementary school with a sensory room to decompress.

"Thank God we had our seatbelts on," she said. "But there was a lot of blood and we thought we were saying goodbye to each other."