Environment
Texas Storms Cut Power to 1 Million, Some Outages to Last Days
- Potent thunderstorms tear through Dallas and Houston areas
- Parts of electric grid will need to be rebuilt, utility warns
High winds and heavy rains tore through storm-battered Texas Tuesday, grounding flights, flooding streets and leaving more than 1 million homes and businesses without power — some possibly for days.
The storms, striking less than a week after deadly tornadoes ripped across North Texas, lashed the Dallas and Houston areas with winds that uprooted trees and toppled power lines. Traffic on highways slowed to a crawl, cars and trucks pulling onto shoulders to avoid wind-blown debris. As hail pounded rooftops, tornado sirens sounded across the region, with radio and TV stations urging residents to seek shelter.