This Is One Of The Most Expensive Storm Years In Texas. They Were Just Hit Again

 Texas just can't catch a break.

The Texas storms roll on. Yellow areas should expect
some severe storms Thursday. Dark green areas have 
a limited but still real chance of rough weather. 

Another complex of intense storms ripped through parts of the state Monday and Tuesday, causing a new round of extensive damage, flooding and power outages.  

At least one person was killed in the latest round of storms, and several injured. 

More than a million homes and businesses were without power, mostly in and near the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area on Tuesday. It could take days for power to be fully restored, reports the Associated Press.  

The Dallas-Fort Worth metro area were hit be two waves of intense storms, one late Monday afternoon, and a second a little before dawn Tuesday. 

Winds gusted to 77 mph at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.  Video on social media showed the wind shoving an American Airlines plane away from a gate.  Denton, Texas, damaged by a tornado on Saturday, endured a gust to 83 mph. 

The latest round of bad weather probably adds more than $1 billion in damages to the several billions of dollars in damage suffered in Texas spring floods.

This month started with record flooding in east Texas that forced thousands from their homes. 

Then, Houston and environs suffered an extreme thunderstorm with hurricane force winds and embedded tornadoes on May 16.

That storm caused widespread destruction and power outages, destroyed homes and blew hundreds or even thousands of windows out of downtown Houston skyscrapers. 

After that, deadly tornadoes swept through areas north of Dallas, killing seven people, injuring dozens and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses. 

On Tuesday, another round of high winds and flooding hit Houston and surrounding areas, adding to the damage from May 16 and taking down electrical power that had just been restored to many homes. 

All this is happening as most of Texas is dealing with an early bout of hot weather.  Six days this month are among Houston's top 20 hottest May days. Some Texas cities have hit all time highs for May, or all time warmest overnight lows for May. 

That makes things especially rough when the power, and thus air conditioning, aren't working. 

With two major storms hitting both sprawling metropolitan areas of Houston and Dallas, plus added tornado and hail damage elsewhere in the state, the cost of these disasters will surely cost many billions of dollars in damage. 

That's on a scale of a major hurricane. Speaking of which, the entire 367-mile Texas coast is highly vulnerable to hurricanes. Forecasters say this hurricane season will be especially busy, increasing the odds of a Texas landfall. 

In the short term, Texas is not quite done with the rough weather. Large parts of Texas are expected to see storms with high winds and giant hail today, Thursday and Friday.