Tornado emergency issued near Houston, damage reported

HOUSTON (AP) — Forecasters have issued a tornado emergency for areas near Houston as a powerful storm heads toward the Gulf Coast.The National Weather Service said a “large, extremely dangerous and potentially deadly tornado" was on the ground Tuesday afternoon and was headed toward Baytown, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Houston. The tornado emergency warning was in effect until 3 p.m. CST.It was not immediately known whether the tornado had caused any damage.It was the star