(19 May 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Houston, Texas – 19 May 2024
1. Various of workers installing new utility pole
2. Utility trucks pulling into parking lot
3. Various of workers removing tree branches along power lines
STORYLINE:
Houston area residents affected by deadly storms last week that left at least seven dead were finally getting some good news as officials said they expected power to be restored by Sunday evening to a majority of the hundreds of thousands still in the dark and without air conditioning amid hot and humid weather.
The widespread destruction of Thursday’s storms brought much of Houston to a standstill.
Thunderstorms and hurricane-force winds tore through the city — reducing businesses and other structures to piles of debris, uprooting trees and shattering glass from downtown skyscrapers.
A tornado also touched down near the northwest Houston suburb of Cypress.
More than 352,000 homes and businesses in Texas remained without electricity Sunday morning, with most of those in the Houston area.
CenterPoint Energy said it anticipated that about 80% of affected customers in the Houston area would have service restored by Sunday evening.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, the top elected official in the county where Houston is located, said 90% of customers could be restored by Wednesday.
More than 4,600 customers remained without power Sunday morning in Louisiana, which had also been hit by strong winds and a suspected tornado.
CenterPoint Energy said 2,000 employees and more than 5,000 contractors were working in the Houston area to restore power.
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