Power Outages Linger After Storms Batter Texas Again, Leaving 1 Dead

At one point, more than 1 million residential and business customers were without electricity.

A Pearland city worker attempts to repair a broken power line following a severe thunderstorm that passed through the area, in Pearland, Texas, on May 28, 2024. Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via AP

Power outages scattered across storm-battered Texas could linger into the weekend after devastating storms with high winds and heavy rain flooded the streets in Houston for the second time this month, leaving one teenager dead and other people injured.

In the Dallas area, storms packing up to 80 mph straight-line winds ripped off roofs, downed trees, and knocked out power lines.