WATCH: More than 38,000 Austin Energy customers — close to 100,000 people — are still without power. Follow hayapanjw for updates. Listen at KUT 90.5 FM.
An Austin Energy crew member repairs cables along a circuit on Eberhart Lane in South Austin.
“It’s important to know that trees are still vulnerable after the winter storm, and they may have broken limbs that are high up in the branches that you cannot see,” Cronk said. He advised residents to avoid parking or standing under trees. said over 4,000 customers are still without power in Hays, Travis, Williamson, Blanco, Comal and Burnet counties; about half of those outages are in Hays.customers are also still without power, affecting folks in Bastrop, Williamson, and Travis counties. About two-thirds of those outages are in Williamson.
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