Power companies and Texas officials say restoration efforts could take days after Hurricane Beryl knocked out power for nearly 3 million electricity customers.
Miguel Angel Mendez sweeps the front porch next to his family after pulling debris from clogged storm drains caused by Hurricane Beryl on Monday. The Mendezes lost power after the hurricane brought damaging winds and floodwaters to the Houston area.We’re testing using AI-powered tools to provide an audio version of this story. While this audio recording is machine-generated, the story was written by human journalists.
Temperatures in the 80s and 90s can create unsafe conditions for high-risk individuals, especially in a home with no power, and finding ways to keep cool will be paramount, he said.Heat is known as. The harm it causes can be more complex than, say, a tornado or fire. But extreme heat causes more deaths per year than any other weather-related hazard, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Heat can make people weak, dizzy and faint.
CenterPoint Energy expects to get power back to a total of 1 million customers by the end of the day Wednesday. About 800,000 customers had their power restored by mid-day Tuesday, and a company spokesperson said the utility was “very much on track” to hit the 1 million mark by end of day on Wednesday. As of 11:40 a.m. Tuesday, 1.7 million customers still lacked power.
In their Monday update, the company said they would prioritize restoring power to facilities critical to health and public safety. Customers in the hardest-hit areas could experience extended outages, the company stated.
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