Berylis the latest weather disaster to strike Houston this year after a derecho in May blasted skyscraper windows. It’s in Harris County, which has been the riskiest county in the US for weather since 1980. Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick declared a disaster in 121 counties,...
In some cases the desperate effort to stay warm turned deadly. Harris County emergency officials reported "several carbon monoxide deaths" in or around Houston and reminded people not to operate cars or gasoline-powered generators indoors. Authorities said three young children and their grandmother, w...
Residents can monitor the progress of the restoration on our outage page here: https://customer.montana-dakota.com/outage-map. 1 Comment alt JC Commission Chair speaks on priority projects in 2025 Published 6 days ago on January 14, 2025 By Floyd Whiting Johnson County Commission Chair Bill...
The results highlight the spatial and temporal patterns of impacts on vulnerable subpopulations in Harris County. The findings show a significant disparity in the extent and duration of power outages experienced by low-income and minority groups, suggesting the existence of inequality in the management...
Harris County Judge Lena Hidalgo compared it toHurricane Harveyin 2017. "This is very different from Harvey, but the scope of the impact is absolutely equivalent and it's something that is impacting not just the millions of people here in Harris County, but all throughout Texas," Hidalgo sai...
These results indicate social inequality in the implementation managed power outage during the Texas winter storm. Fig. 5: Comparison between all census tracts (CTs) and significantly impacted census tracts due to power outages in Harris County from the aspects of income, race, and ethnicity. The...
In 2008, Hurricane Ike made landfall on Galveston Island as a Category 2 storm, causing flooding and wind damage to the Houston area. It left about 2.2 million CenterPoint customers without power, according to the Harris County...
In light of the storm damage, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Whitmire both signed disaster declarations, paving the way for state and federal storm recovery assistance. President Biden Friday night issued a separate major disaster declaration that frees up federal assistance for seven Southeast ...
“It’s catastrophic when you lose everything in your fridge and you are living check to check,” Harris County Commissioner Lesley Briones told the AP. Beryl barrels into Northeast Though Beryl has substantially weakened since slamming into Texas as a Category 1 hurricane, its remnants still po...
“In the middle of this major disaster, the last thing that Harris County residents need to be concerned about is having to pay additional money for basic necessities as they work to survive freezing temperatures,” Menefee said. The primary concern for tonight, now that the second winter storm...