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(CNN) — As officials assess the damage from destructive storms in the Houston area that killed at least seven people and knocked out power amid rising temperatures, residents in the Southeast and Gulf ...

As the National Weather Service put out a steady stream of weekend heat warnings, a cluster of men escaped the sun to play a round of dominoes on the shaded porch of Robert Paterson's longtime home at ...