Houston distributes water as more than 300,000 remain without power after devastating storms
The city of Houston on Saturday opened new distribution centers to give out water as thousands of customers remained without power following severe storms blamed in the deaths of seven people in the region.
The city of Houston on Saturday opened new distribution centers to give out water as thousands of customers remained without power following severe storms blamed in the deaths of seven people in the region.
Houston hit a high of 91 degrees Saturday as the city and Harris County recover from tornadoes and 100 mph straight-line winds that struck with little warning on Thursday.
Seven deaths — four in Houston and three in unincorporated Harris County — have been blamed on effects from the weather, including from falling trees and a fire sparked by lighting.
Downed power lines near Houston on Friday in the aftermath of a severe storm this week.David J. Phillip / APMore than 350,000 customers in Harris County, where Houston is located, were without power as of 3:30 a.m. local time Saturday, according to tracking website poweroutage.us. At its peak, nearly 800,000 homes and business were without power after the storm.
“Our crews’ visual inspections and damage assessments of our infrastructure yesterday showed that we have a lot of hard work ahead in the coming days,” CenterPoint Energy’s Lynnae Wilson, senior vice president for the utility’s electric business, said in a statement.
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