650,000 Without Power In Texas After Severe Storms

May 28, 2024 Climate Change, Republicans

Powerful storms are delivering yet another round of violent weather to Texas on Tuesday after an almost unrelenting parade of destructive and sometimes deadly storms in recent weeks. Additional storms will pound more of the Southern Plains throughout the day.

Storms were roaring through the Dallas-Fort Worth metro early Tuesday morning, delivering hurricane-force wind gusts and stirring tornado fears. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport recorded a wind gust of 77 mph early Tuesday as power outages in the region started to skyrocket.

More than 650,000 customers in Texas were without power and that number continued to climb, according to PowerOutage.us. More than half of the outages were in Dallas County.

Read the full article. Of note, “customers” in these cases refers to households and businesses, so the total number of affected people is obviously much higher.

Thanks for update @collinmyerswx Over 600,000 customers in #DFW are now without power and rising. Including 330,000 in #Dallas county alone.
What a powerful complex of storms. Video from Zachary in Garland Texas#dfwwx #txwx pic.twitter.com/NkajifJ0oJ

— Storm Chaser Houston (@StormChaserHTX) May 28, 2024

Nearly 600,000 customers are without power in Texas and that number is expected to climb as destructive storms slam the Dallas-Fort Worth area https://t.co/2Heuf8IL65

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 28, 2024