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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 many as 2.7 million electricity customers in the Houston area are left without power in the storm's aftermath, representing the most extensive power outage suffered by CenterPoint Energy. [184] Rainfall accumulations of 8–12 in (200–300 mm) cover the Houston area, [185] reaching as high as 14.88 in (378 mm) in Hilshire Village. [183]
Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston, an official warned Friday, after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city, knocking out electricity to nearly 1 million ...
SPC's Day 1 convective outlook for May 16, 2024, issued at 2000Z, indicating an enhanced risk for severe weather from southeast Texas into southwest Louisiana.. On May 14, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) outlined a level 2/Slight risk for severe weather across portions of central and northern Texas. [11]
One storm produced hail up to 1.5 in (38 mm) in diameter across Phoenix and into Carefree, damaging roofs and cars and breaking hundreds of skylights. [34] Another storm produced hail up to 2.5 in (64 mm) as it tracked from south of Chandler into Scottsdale.
In Harris County, where Houston is, about 782,000 homes and businesses were without power at about 1 a.m. CT, according to poweroutage.us. At one point Thursday night, about 880,000 had been in ...
Hurricane Harvey was a devastating tropical cyclone that made landfall on Texas and Louisiana in August 2017, causing catastrophic flooding and more than 100 deaths. It is tied with 2005's Hurricane Katrina as the costliest tropical cyclone on record, [nb 1] inflicting $125 billion (2017 USD) in damage, primarily from catastrophic rainfall-triggered flooding in Greater Houston and Southeast ...
"The most intense rainfall, ranging from 8 to 12 inches in most areas, will occur near the storm's landfall location along the east-central Texas coast, extending up to Houston and Tyler," added Roys.