Scattered thunderstorms are moving through Saturday afternoon, bringing lightning, heavy downpours and flash-flood risks
HOUSTON – Thousands of CenterPoint Energy customers are without power Saturday afternoon as storms continue to move through the Houston area.
CenterPoint’s outage tracker reported nearly nearly 17,000 customers impacted by outages around 2 p.m. Saturday. The number has since dropped significantly, at 1,005 customers without power across 76 outages as of 2:10 p.m. The largest concentration of outages are being reported in the southwest Houston region.
The KPRC 2 Weather Team is continuing to track these storms. If you’re traveling outside today, be aware of lightning, brief heavy downpours, and flash flood risk alerts. Drivers are urged to use caution, especially if traffic signals go out, and treat dark intersections as a four-way stop.
CenterPoint is also reminding people to never touch or go near downed electrical wires. If you see any, stay 35 feet away and call 713-207-2222 to report it.
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