WATCH LIVE: Houston Mayor John Whitmire provides update on Hurricane Beryl
July 8, 2024: Houston Mayor John Whitmire pleads with people to stay home as 911 gets flooded with calls.Houston Mayor John Whitmire pleaded with Houstonians to shelter in place. During an 11:15 a.m. briefing, Whitmire said more than 400 calls to 911 had come in within the last hour and he expects that number to go up.Both airports remain closed
Bayous have jumped their banks and the White Oak Bayou is creating life-threatening situations along Heights Blvd. Conditions should improve around noon or shortly after and City of Houston will assess with Red Cross where to open shelters George R Brown Convention Center is without power along with some other key facilities the city normally uses for shelter“All I want to do is urge everyone, I plead with you to shelter in place,” Whitmire said, multiple times.“After we transition from life saving and safety, we’ll do an assessment” of structures and damage.
“What I want to stress in this situation is collaboration,” Whitmire said. “First responders are putting their lives at risk. . .if everyone will help us, help them.”As of 11 a.m., more than 2 million customers in the area are without power. That includes 700K Houstonians.Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.Moriah Ballard joined the KPRC 2 digital team in the fall of 2021.
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