There have been intense storms in Houston, as well as eastern Texas, because of which many homes and businesses were damaged and nearly 180,000 people experienced power cuts over Memorial Day. The storms with intense rain, big hail and strong winds interrupted daily life and increased fears of flash flooding and tornadoes.
Thunderstorms, some severe, passed through the Southern Plains and nearby areas multiple times on Monday, reports say. It was possible for damaging winds, heavy rainfall and small-area flooding to happen in at least six states across the region. These storms, according to the reports, might bring big hail, strong wind gusts and some isolated tornadoes, mainly over the Mid-South, Tennessee Valley and Southern Plains.
At the start of Monday, poweroutage.us showed that 56,000 customers were without power in Texas, with more than 34,000 of those customers supplied by Oncor. Houston, Jasper, San Augustine, Rusk and Henderson counties were the hardest hit by the hurricane. Authorities issued alerts for flash floods and flooding across many parts of Nevada because the weather deteriorated quickly.
The second wave of tough storms through the region on Tuesday meant another 180,000 people found themselves without electricity. At 2:10 a.m., CenterPoint Energy was reporting that 143,777 customers did not have power and another 29,603 still had no electricity after that.
NWS Houston confirmed there would be two storms in the Houston area on Monday. The Piney Woods region saw the first disaster and another one is likely tonight. Oncor reported that teams worked through the night to get electricity back on after storm damage on Saturday. Restoration is going on as weather conditions become more stable.
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