Texas: a million people in the dark

1 million residents of the Houston area were left without electricity due to severe storms with very high winds that hit southeast Texas. thoughtfully damaging the electricity grid. Many are still in the dark and it will take hours before power is restored anywhere.

But after the storms passed, CenterPoint Energy confirmed to ABC13 that its downtown building and system were damaged Thursday.

“As the line of severe weather has passed through our region, it is now safe for our crews to begin assessing damage, but we can confirm that we have sustained significant damage to our system,” the electric giant wrote in a statement .

#BREAKING : Nearly a Million are without Power as Powerful Storms Move through with 80-117 mph Winds Toppling large transmission power lines and Shattering skyscrapers Windows

#Houston | #Texas

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— RAWSALERTS (@rawsalerts) May 17, 2024

This raises questions about the actual amount of customers affected. However, CenterPoint says recovery efforts have already begun and will ramp up Friday morning when damage is more visible.

“We are committed to restoring power to our customers as safely and quickly as possible,” the company wrote.

Already after the storms of two years ago there was talk of the need for a review and strengthening of the electricity grid in Texas, precisely to avoid this type of event. There is probably still something to do.

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This is a machine translation of a post published on Scenari Economici at the URL https://scenarieconomici.it/texas-un-milione-di-persone-al-buio/ on Fri, 17 May 2024 07:30:38 +0000.