AUSTIN (AP) - Storms in the Austin area knocked down several large trees near the Texas Capitol and blew out windows in the dome.

Seven trees, including a large live oak, were uprooted and destroyed. More than a dozen others took light to heavy damage in storms through early today.

Julie Fields with the Texas Preservation Board says workers are trying to determine which trees can be saved.

Fields says large areas of the Capitol grounds will remain closed to pedestrians while crews remove fallen trees that pose a safety hazard.

The storm blew out windows on the fifth floor of the Capitol dome.

That left shards in the rotunda and damaged the portrait of Albert Horton, the state's first lieutenant governor who also served as acting governor for six months in 1846.

Fields says some of the fallen trees will be saved for future use, such as gavels used by lawmakers and wood coins sold in the Capitol gift shop.