UKRAINE – 2021/04/29: In this photo illustration, a CenterPoint Energy logo seen displayed on a smartphone and a pc screen. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (SOPA Images, © 2021 SOPA Images)
As the Houston area is hit with severe thunderstorms Saturday morning, CenterPoint Energy is reporting thousands of outages in the area.
As of 3:56 a.m. Saturday, CenterPoint is reporting 140,768 customers out.
See CenterPoint’s current Outage Tracker here.
Tornado warnings have been issued in several Houston-area counties, including Harris, Montgomery and Waller.
Last night, CenterPoint said it had pre-positioned 1,300 frontline workers and contractors at 12 service centers across the area to quickly respond to any potential impacts to service.
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