Hundreds of Thousands Are Still Without Power in the Houston Area—Here’s How It Happened

Hundreds of Thousands Are Still Without Power in the Houston Area—Here’s How It Happened
Utility crews work to restore electricity in Houston, Thursday, July 11, 2024. Officials say about 500,000 customers still won't have electricity into next week as wide outages from Hurricane Beryl persist. AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi
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Hundreds of thousands of people in the Houston area likely won’t have power restored until next week, as the city swelters in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl.

The storm slammed into Texas on Monday, knocking out power to nearly 2.7 million homes and businesses and leaving huge swaths of the region in the dark and without air conditioning in the searing summer heat.