Justin Dunavant never thought much about homeowner’s insurance — not until January when an SUV ran three stop signs and barreled into his Alice home. Since then, the contractor and U.S. Army veteran has struggled to think of much else.

Several box cars have derailed and are engulfed in flames following a collision between two freight trains in the Texas Panhandle. Texas Department of Public Safety Lt. Bryan Witt says the accident occurred Tuesday morning near the town of Panhandle, about 25 miles northeast of Amarillo.

A south Texas hailstorm in 2012 was the start of an increase in lawsuits being filed after severe weather events, sometimes even after claims were paid and repairs were completed. Some insurers received notices of hundreds of lawsuits being filed at one time immediately or sometimes months after a storm.

Four states from the American South take the top four spots in State Farm’s list of states in the U.S. ranked according to the number of lightning-related claims they made in 2015.

Nearly two months after CRF Frozen Foods set off a massive recall of vegetables thought to be contaminated with listeria and linked to at least two deaths and eight illnesses, a second frozen vegetable supplier — National Frozen Food Corp. — has initiated a separate recall over listeria concerns, and many of the recalled products are from the nation’s largest retailers.

A Patton Village police officer and an 11-year-old child were killed during a police chase late Sunday. The chase started near Highway 242 and Highway 59 after police responded to reports of a man exposing himself at a Valero gas station.

Three people were injured in an accident that left one car in a lake on Monday afternoon. Police say it happened behind Stripes at 19th and Milwaukee. Police tell us a 2005 Blue Hyundai 4-door was turning onto Milwaukee Avenue from the CVS driveway to head south on Milwaukee.

The spring and summertime forecast is a familiar one — severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and hail are on the way. Already in 2016, Texas in particular has been walloped by bigger-than-baseball-size hail that shattered windows, busted roofs and dinged vehicles in March and April.

An apartment building in a standoff with Lake Granbury held its ground Monday while residents finished packing up all they could carry out. City officials ordered them out Friday after recent rains toppled stone retaining walls, allowing earth to erode beneath the building.

Two doctors from Mexico pleaded guilty in connection with a conspiracy to commit wire fraud that resulted in nearly $3 million in insurance claim payouts, according to a news release.

The massive hailstorm that struck San Antonio and Bexar County in April will be the costliest in Texas history, according to a state insurance corporation. The total damage caused by the April 12 storm is expected to total $1.36 billion, according to the Insurance Council of Texas.

A fire that was sparked by a lightning strike destroyed a home on the far West Side Thursday morning. Firefighters from the Bexar County, Leon Valley, Balcones Heights and Shavano Park fire departments responded to the blaze around 3 a.m. in the 8500 block of Cedar Hill Way.

The sound of pounding rain has become the daily chorus across the state of Texas. Wednesday’s storms targeted north of Houston, where a six-inch downpour in just three hours led to flash flooding, reports CBS News correspondent Manuel Bojorquez.

Several rivers in Southeastern Texas are experiencing major and even record flooding on roadways and homes after receiving almost 20 inches of rain over the Memorial Day weekend. This morning, the Brazos River at Richmond rose to more than 52 feet and is expected to crest at 53.5 feet by tonight -- more than 3 feet above record flood stage.

A stubborn two-alarm fire damaged an East El Paso shopping strip Monday, blocked a major street and sent columns of black smoke into the air that could be seen for miles, fire officials said.