HOUSTON – Multiple power outages were reported throughout the Houston area due to severe thunderstorms on Tuesday.
As of 4:40 p.m. Wednesday, more than 19,000 customers are without power, according to CenterPoint’s Outage Map.
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That number is about 3,000 less than what it was yesterday.
CenterPoint Energy released the following statement on Wednesday:
“Following yesterday’s extreme weather and tornado that impacted several communities in the greater Houston area, including Baytown, Deer Park and Pasadena, CenterPoint Energy continues to make significant progress in restoring power to affected customers.
Assessments of CenterPoint Energy’s electric system will be substantially completed today, and the company expects its customer outage numbers to continue to decline. As of 2 p.m. today, CenterPoint Energy has restored power to more than 163,000 customers in the past 24 hours. The company also expects to have the majority of the remaining customer outages restored by the end of the day tomorrow. In southeast Houston, due to the significant damage that will take time to repair, restoration work will be essentially complete by the end of the day Sunday, with some isolated outages addressed thereafter.
‘Thanks to our dedicated crews who have been working around-the-clock, we have made outstanding progress safely restoring service to our customers. As we complete our system damage assessments, we are finding significant and complex damage to our infrastructure, including more than 150 damaged electric poles that need to be replaced,” said Lynnae Wilson, Senior Vice President, Electric Utility at CenterPoint Energy. “We appreciate our customers’ continued patience and understanding as we work to address the more challenging outage issues caused by the tornado’s extensive damage to our electrical infrastructure in southeast Houston.’”
You can check the outage maps below: