Thousands in Tarrant County without power after late night storms
Thousands of homes are without power across Tarrant County after a night of severe thunderstorms.
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Thousands of homes are without power across Tarrant County after a night of severe thunderstorms.
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Strong to severe storms moved through North Texas on Tuesday morning, causing widespread damage and power outages.
Thousands of North Texas residents are without power Tuesday morning, with Dallas County reporting the most outages.
The first severe weather of 2025 may have come and gone, but it left a big mess across North Texas.
Many Oncor customers are without electricity due to early morning storms, with Wise County facing the highest number of outages.
Thousands of Oncor customers were without power in North Texas Wednesday morning after strong storms moved through.
The Oncor website notes that out of more than 4 million customers they serve, there are 56 outages affecting 880 customers.
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"Power companies along the Gulf Coast must be prepared to deal with hurricanes, to state the obvious," Texas Gov. Abbott said.
The slow pace of restoring power in America's fourth-largest city has put CenterPoint Energy, Houston's utility provider, under mounting scrutiny over whether it was sufficiently prepared for Beryl.
Over 2,000 customers are currently without power, including The Star, Omni and Keurig-Dr Pepper.
As of Monday evening, about 3,000 customers in North Texas are still without power.
So far, Oncor has restored power for some 600,000.
Just over 124,000 North Texans are still without power after severe storms knocked down power lines this week. Oncor says about 10,000 crews have been dispatched to repair the lines.
A representative for Oncor said crews are working around the clock.
Oncor says teams are prepared and will continue to monitor all weather developments and potential impacts.
Tthe outage is affecting businesses through Preston Road, including Prosper High School, Children's Health and the Prosper ISD Natatorium.
Thousands in the DFW area are without power.
Thousands are without power due to severe weather in the area.
Outages remain to the south of the metroplex for now.
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"It's the holidays. You're really going to ruin someone's day?"
"Let us lead and let us make Dallas County a model for justice once again," said Givens. "Dallas County, let's restore justice together."
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"It's the holidays. You're really going to ruin someone's day?"
"Let us lead and let us make Dallas County a model for justice once again," said Givens. "Dallas County, let's restore justice together."
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