A cold front that spawned off continued violent weather in North Texas and through the Midwest barreled through Deep East Texas this morning leaving widespread wind and storm damage, in addition to scattered storm damage in Center.

Several areas of town were left in the dark for almost 4 hours due to trees being blown down.

A house at the corner of Houston and Elliott Street suffered substantial damage when three trees were laid over on it.

The house is being rented by Jonathan Brittain and there's no injuries.

In addition, trees were blown over in the Pine Terrace Subdivision. Center Broadcasting and most businesses along San Augustine Street, Shelbyville Street and at the South Traffic Intersection were left with no power for operation until around 8:15 a.m. as SWEPCO crews worked to restore.

We’re expecting continued thunderstorm activity through most of the week.