Thousands of people in the Houston area faced sweltering heat without power on Saturday following severe storms that claimed at least seven lives, according to local media and the National Weather Service.
As crews are deployed dealing with power line and system failures from Thursday's pounding storm, the site dedicated to alerting Houston area people when their power will return is going through some outages of its own.
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 Coast face a severe weather threat through Saturday that could bring another round of excessive rainfall and severe thunderstorms.
The city of Houston on Saturday opened new distribution centers to give out water as around 500,000 customers remained without power following severe storms blamed in the deaths of seven people in the region.
As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to hundreds of thousands after deadly storms left at least seven people dead, it will do so amid a smog warning and scorching temperatures that could pose health risks.
A severe storm packing hurricane-force winds pummeled Houston on Thursday, killing at least four people, blowing windows out of high-rise buildings and leaving some 800,000 homes without power as much of the city was plunged into darkness,
Exceptional windstorms that could leave some Houston residents without power for weeks left damage in their wake comparable to that caused by a hurricane, meteorologists said Friday. “We believe this windstorm is the most significant windstorm likely for the Houston area since Hurricane Alicia back in 1983,
Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city and knocked out electricity to nearly a million homes and businesses.
Another post on X appeared to show the windows of a building in Wells Fargo Plaza in Houston being blown out. The National Weather Service office in Houston issued a tornado watch
Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston, an official warned Friday, after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city, knocking out electricity to nearly 1 million homes and businesses in the region,
Hurricane-strength winds swept through the city, but without the warnings that come with a hurricane. The storm left shocked residents and a landscape of debris.
Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city and knocked out electricity to nearly 1 million
CT CenterPoint Energy reported that as of 10:30 a.m. Saturday, 82 percent of its customers had power. Additionally, CenterPoint estimated that it hoped to restore power to all customers by the end of the day Wednesday.
A foggy Saturday morning cloaked the days and weeks ahead of recovery from a Thursday thunderstorm with winds speeds over 100 mph that slashed through the region, killing at least seven people and leaving hundreds of thousands still without power.
Thousands of utility workers were headed to the area, where power had already been restored to roughly 200,000 customers. Another 100,000 customers were without power in Louisiana, down from a peak of 215,
Multiple dead after a tornado-warned storm with hurricane-force winds swept through the Houston metropolitan area on Thursday, May 16. The storm blew out windows of high-rise buildings downtown, leavi
Houston is in a state of disarray following deadly storms that blew through the county and downtown metro on Thursday evening. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo updated the public on the state of affairs in the city and beyond just before midnight Thursday.
A powerful storm with hurricane-force winds swept through the Houston metropolitan area on Thursday, May 16, leaving multiple dead. The storm blew out walls and windows of buildings downtown, leaving
New footage shared on social media showed some of the damage that Houston suffered as severe thunderstorms blew through southeast Texas on Thursday, May 16. At least four people died as a result of the storms,
With many residents still in the dark following Thursday's storm, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo warned it would be "weeks and not days" before power is restored for some. Hidalgo held a press conference alongside Mayor John Whitmire at Houston TranStar on Friday,
A line of powerful storms that wreaked havoc in Houston brought gusts of more than 80 mph to the New Orleans area Thursday night, ripping down tree limbs and leaving
Surveys by NWS meteorologists have concluded that winds in downtown Houston reached 100 mph, and 90-100 mph in Baytown. (For comparison, the threshold for Category
A severe thunderstorm left a trail of destruction through the Houston region Thursday evening after torrential rain and high-speed wind resulted in at least five deaths. The storm left nearly a million people without power and caused damage to buildings,
Houston Mayor John Whitmire said four, and possibly five, people were killed after storms Thursday swept through Harris County, which includes Houston. Officials warned residents that it would be a slow cleanup and that some residents should brace to be without electricity for days,
A severe thunderstorm watch was issued for Midland, Texas on Thursday, May 16. Flash flooding was also reported from different areas. RESTRICTIONS AND USAGE TERMS: Please credit “@Robbie_n_cubed via Spectee”.
At least seven people died as a result of Thursday evening's powerful storm in Houston, according to Mayor John Whitmire's office and the Harris County Sheriff's Office. Houston police Friday morning were investigating two deaths caused by falling trees,
Here is a list of Houston area locations that have opened as cooling centers on Sunday, May 19. If you or someone you know needs transportation, they can contact 311 to request a free ride.
Two EF-1 tornadoes touched down in Cypress and Waller Thursday night. But 7 deaths, extensive damage and power outages in Houston were caused by a derecho system.
This story has been updated to reflect that a seventh person died as a result of the Thursday storms. A strong thunderstorm with hurricane-like winds ripped through Houston Thursday evening, killing at least seven people.
Several Houston area residents are still without power on Saturday following Thursday's devastating storms. Here is a lost of designated cooling and distribution centers around Houston.
Houston is grappling with the aftermath of a fierce storm that hit Thursday, causing widespread destruction and leaving residents facing additional challenges over the weekend. The region is under a smog warning,
The winds that roared out of a supercell thunderstorm Thursday night leaving a deadly trail across Houston are on the rise in a warming climate, though researchers are still teasing
With many Houston area residents still without power following Thursday's devastating storms and tornado, some businesses have opened their dorms as cooling and relief centers.