Disaster relief groups are helping the communities clean up and rebuild the area.
The utility company Oncor reports more than 230,000 customers are without power. It could take until Friday for electricity to be restored in most affected areas.RICHARDSON, Texas — More than 200,000 people remain without power after severe storms surged through North Texas early Tuesday morning.
“You can see there was a giant limb that came out this way and actually fell on this house. It could have been a lot worse than it was,” Hall said. “In this neighborhood we still have no power and we may not get it until Friday is what they’re telling us now,” Hall said. Trained volunteers have been working around the clock in storm-affected cities of Houston and San Marcos, helping remove downed trees in residential areas and performing other duties as needed.
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