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Severe Memorial Day storms paralyze eastern Texas<\/strong><\/p>\n Early Tuesday morning<\/strong>, nearly 200,000 electricity customers in Texas<\/strong> were left without power<\/strong> after a wave of violent storms<\/strong> swept through the region during Memorial Day<\/strong>. According to PowerOutage.us<\/strong>, the extensive blackouts followed a series of intense weather warnings<\/strong> from the National Weather Service (NWS)<\/strong>, many of which remained active<\/strong> into the morning hours.<\/p>\n The worst-hit areas<\/strong> include Trinity County<\/strong>, where 33.2%<\/strong> of all customers experienced outages\u2014over 3,700 homes and businesses<\/strong> in the dark. Houston County<\/strong> reported just over 3,300 customers<\/strong> without service, translating to 21%<\/strong> of tracked customers. Nearby Newton County<\/strong> also saw a similar 20% outage rate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Montgomery County<\/strong> faced one of the largest absolute losses with more than 38,000 outages<\/strong> among the over 377,000<\/strong> customers tracked there. In Houston County<\/strong>, the number of reported outages stood at 3,048<\/strong>, approximately 19.3%<\/strong> of the area\u2019s power users.<\/p>\n CenterPoint Energy<\/strong>, a major utility provider in the region, reported 120,378 outages<\/strong> at 3:43 a.m. local time\u2014the highest single-provider figure<\/strong> during the event.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lingering storm risk and further disruption expected<\/strong><\/p>\n The NWS Houston office<\/strong> had issued flood watches<\/strong>, flash flood warnings<\/strong>, and alerts for severe thunderstorms<\/strong> across more than 30 counties<\/strong>, including Austin<\/strong>, Houston<\/strong>, and Trinity<\/strong>, through the early morning hours. Winds with localized gusts up to 58 mph<\/strong> were forecast, capable of causing significant wind damage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Oncor<\/strong>, Texas\u2019s largest energy provider<\/strong>, confirmed that its crews had been working overnight<\/strong> to restore service<\/strong> after the Memorial Day weekend storms<\/strong> disrupted vast parts of the electrical infrastructure.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Forecast for Tuesday and beyond<\/strong><\/p>\n The day began with early morning thunderstorm activity<\/strong>, and temperatures<\/strong> are expected to climb toward 90\u00b0F (32\u00b0C)<\/strong> by afternoon, according to Fox 26 Houston<\/strong>. The unsettled pattern is set to persist into Wednesday<\/strong>, with showers and storms<\/strong> returning and daytime highs ranging in the mid to upper 80s\u00b0F (29\u201331\u00b0C)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n As of this update, 197,764 customers<\/strong> remain without power<\/strong> across eastern Texas<\/strong>, underscoring the scale of the disruption<\/strong> and the challenges faced by local utilities<\/strong> in responding to the aftermath of extreme holiday weekend weather<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Severe Memorial Day storms paralyze eastern Texas Early Tuesday morning, nearly 200,000 electricity customers in Texas were left without power after a wave of violent storms swept through the region during Memorial Day. According to PowerOutage.us, the extensive blackouts followed a series of intense weather warnings from the National Weather Service (NWS), many of which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":3020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n