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Houston area school districts canceled classes for more than 400,000 students Friday. The Houston Independent School District, the state’s largest, said 215 of its 274 campuses would be open Monday.
As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to hundreds of thousands after deadly storms left at least seven people dead, it will do so amid a smog warning and scorching temperatures ...
Storms packing winds of up to 100 mph (161 kph) tore through the region, damaging homes and buildings, felling power lines and leaving more than 800,000 people without electricity, according to ...
By Sunday evening, 88% of customers in the Houston area had their power restored, said Paul Lock, a spokesperson for CenterPoint Energy. “We expect everyone to be back on by end of business Wednesday,” Lock said. More than 240,000 homes and businesses in Texas remained without electricity Sunday evening, mostly in the Houston area.
Houston City Council Member Abbie Kamin said last week’s storm should prompt discussion about fortifying power lines and other infrastructure in Houston. The city of more than 2 million people is one of the most flood-prone metro areas in the country and has long experience dealing with devastating weather, including hurricanes.
At least seven people were killed in the Houston area on Thursday as a destructive complex of storms with winds up to 100 mph tore through the area, triggering power outages that could stretch on ...
The power cut occurred at 4:20 pm and power was slowly restored between 5:20 and 6:30 pm. [112] April 15—Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan—A little before 9:00 pm, a severe power cut blacked out up to 80% of Almaty and northern parts of Kyrgyzstan, affecting a few million people for several hours. Power was not restored until after midnight local time.
Rapper Trae tha Truth, in yellow, cuts fallen tree limbs on top of a car in the aftermath of a severe thunderstorm that passed through downtown, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/David ...