Family Of 7, One Of Thousands In North Texas Without Power And Seemingly No End In Sight
"I was prepared for a lot of these scenarios, but just the total length of outage is the most dangerous."
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"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.
"I'm wearing several layers of clothes to keep my body warm," said Collin County resident Clint Cash.
At one point more than 150,000 customers were without power across Texas and Louisiana as a powerful winter storm continued moving through the states Sunday and early Monday morning.
One week after the city of Arlington was hit by an EF-2 tornado, nonprofit Arlington Charities finally got their power back on.
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Powerful storms barreled through Azle over the weekend, forcing dozens of people from their homes and canceling in-person classes for students at one school on Monday.
Two people are recovering after being electrocuted in a North Richland Hills residential neighborhood.
Despite multiple reports of downed trees, fences and several downed power lines only eight homes sustained moderate damage in the area, according to police.
The declaration includes Cass, Cameron, Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Erath, Hunt, Kaufman, Lamar, Panola, Rains, Rockwall, Rusk, Tarrant, Van Zandt and Wood counties.
The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down in Dallas and resulting storm damage has closed schools across North Texas.
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Dallas ISD says a power outage in a Dallas neighborhood, followed by a power surge has knocked out the AC at Martinez Learning Center.
Of the 7,500 customers who lost power during Wednesday afternoon's storms, 1,000 customers remain without electricity. Crews are working all day and night to restore it.
The Suttons had vacated their home when a storm killed the power. Later, lightning struck their home and caused a fire.
Highland Terrace Baptist Church Pastor Chet Haney looked into his church's severely-damaged preschool room on Thursday and wondered, "what if?"
Oncor said Thursday night power has been restored to the 350,000 customers who lost electricity during Sunday's storms.
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Powerful storms that blew through North Texas not only caused a deadly crane collapse in Dallas, but downed power lines that to date still have thousands of people in the dark.
At the height of the storm, some 350,000 customers lost power. According to Oncor, about 140,000 have had service restored.
One person was critically injured after a box truck crashed through a billboard and knocked down a power pole in Fort Worth Friday morning.
Denton County authorities responded to a vehicle accident that they believe was the result of "street racing" Saturday night.
Garland Power and Light was able to energize the neighborhood before Friday's deadline it had promised customers.
City officials say affected residents in southeast Garland could be without power until Friday after high winds damaged power lines over the weekend.
Dispatchers got the call around 1:45 p.m. from a sanitation crew working their route in the 1300 block of St. Andrews Drive.
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Another chilly morning in the 30s tomorrow. Then a big warm-up for the weekend. Cooler days arrive just in time for the holiday.
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Dispatchers got the call around 1:45 p.m. from a sanitation crew working their route in the 1300 block of St. Andrews Drive.
"These young men are a part of our trajectory, they are a part of our history, they're a part of our community."
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