Heat-related deaths climb in Texas after Beryl left millions without power
The number of heat-related deaths in Texas is rising among residents who lost power during Hurricane Beryl.
The number of heat-related deaths in Texas is rising among residents who lost power during Hurricane Beryl.
"Power companies along the Gulf Coast must be prepared to deal with hurricanes, to state the obvious," Texas Gov. Abbott said.
The slow pace of restoring power in America's fourth-largest city has put CenterPoint Energy, Houston's utility provider, under mounting scrutiny over whether it was sufficiently prepared for Beryl.
Over 2,000 customers are currently without power, including The Star, Omni and Keurig-Dr Pepper.
As of Monday evening, about 3,000 customers in North Texas are still without power.
Tthe outage is affecting businesses through Preston Road, including Prosper High School, Children's Health and the Prosper ISD Natatorium.
Thousands in the DFW area are without power.
Outages remain to the south of the metroplex for now.
The high winds and extremely cold temperatures leading to thousands of power outages across North Texas today.
Officials with ERCOT say the power grid is producing more power than ever but Texans are also using more than ever.
The intersection of Calmont and Alta Mere is completely closed after a car hit a traffic light, threatening to knock out power lines.
There will be no classes at Grand Prairie High School today.
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Royse City experienced a citywide power outage after an 18-wheeler hit a major transmission line, police said.
The class of 2021 at a high school in Texas will never forget their graduation ceremony, part of which was spent in the dark.
Strong storms and heavy rain on Wednesday morning brought damaging winds and frequent lightning that resulted in tens of thousands across the Metroplex losing power.
More than half a million Texans are still under boil water notices, or have no water at all because of burst pipes, more than a week after a deadly winter storm moved through the state.
It was a failure. Millions of Texans were left without power at a time when they needed it the most. While the winter storms like those that hit Texas last week are rare, it's not out of the question that it could happen again.
An electricity and gas provider based in Texas, Just Energy, warned that the financial impact of the winter storm that moved through the state could force it out of business.
President Joe Biden says he is making a major disaster declaration for Texas that will clear the way for more federal resources, and plans to visit the state at a time when he won't be interfering with the disaster response.
ERCOT -- Texas' electric grid operator -- say the system has returned to normal for the first time since a winter storm knocked out power to more than 4 million customers.
After some four days of many Texans living in the dark and cold, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) announced that it expects to come out of emergency conditions Friday morning.
The deadly winter storms that knocked out power for millions in Texas and other states have exceeded the worst-case scenarios of many U.S. utilities.
"I was prepared for a lot of these scenarios, but just the total length of outage is the most dangerous."
Sugar Land Fire and EMS spokesman Doug Adolph said that when firefighters arrived after the call at about 2 a.m., the house was fully engulfed.
The hottest days of the year are on the way to Dallas-Fort Worth this weekend, including a stretch of excessive heat.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott remains hopeful he will be able to work out a contract extension.
The playoff-contending Minnesota Twins won 3-2 at Texas on Thursday night in the series opener against the reigning World Series champion Rangers.
It's been widely reported that Dallas police are investigating what they believe was an attempted kidnapping in a Dallas neighborhood.
The issue has been divisive in the small city near Lake Ray Roberts in Denton County.
The hottest days of the year are on the way to Dallas-Fort Worth this weekend, including a stretch of excessive heat.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott remains hopeful he will be able to work out a contract extension.
The playoff-contending Minnesota Twins won 3-2 at Texas on Thursday night in the series opener against the reigning World Series champion Rangers.
It's been widely reported that Dallas police are investigating what they believe was an attempted kidnapping in a Dallas neighborhood.
The issue has been divisive in the small city near Lake Ray Roberts in Denton County.
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Dallas County Health and Human Services said the woman was a resident of the 75230 ZIP code and had underlying health conditions.
Chevron Corporation announced Friday it would relocate its headquarters from San Ramon to Houston, Texas before the end of the year.
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Tech mogul Elon Musk said Tuesday afternoon that he would be moving the headquarters of both his social media company X and SpaceX to Texas in response to a new California law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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The heat dome expands through the weekend and into next week, which keeps high temperatures in the triple digits for an extended stretch.
Dallas Trinity FC President Charlie Neil said the team practices early in the morning to avoid peak heating hours and they have several athletic trainers on hand.
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