HOUSTON – More than 1 million people were left without power across the Houston area after severe weather moved through on Thursday evening, according to CenterPoint Energy.
As of Friday morning, hundreds of thousands of people are still without electricity.
Here’s how many outages have been reported, how to view the outage map, and how to report an outage at your home.
FRIDAY
As of 7:30 a.m., there were 728,745 customers affected by outages in the Houston area.
THURSDAY
As of 8:41 p.m., there were 896,558 customers affected by outages in the Houston area.
As of 7:30 p.m., there were 879,228 customers affected by outages in the Houston area.
As of 6:50 p.m., there were 632,226 customers affected by outages in the Houston area.
As of 6:40 p.m., there were 342,577 customers affected by outages in the Houston area.
We reached out to the company and received this statement:
When restoring power, we begin with facilities vital to safety, health and welfare, such as hospitals, water treatment plants and public service facilities. While addressing key facilities, we follow our priority restoration process by making repairs to electrical facilities that will return power to the largest number of customers first. We then continue the restoration process by prioritizing repairs to benefit the greatest number of customers, until power is returned to everyone. Throughout the restoration process, we maintain contact with local emergency management agencies, news media and public officials.
Keep track of the outages using the map below.
Click here to view the Centerpoint Energy outage map or to report an outage at your home.
FRIDAY
THURSDAY
As of 8:11 p.m., 42,285 customers are affected.
As of 6:44 p.m., 25,967 customers are affected.
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