Powerful storms tore through eastern Texas on Thursday evening, decimating transmission towers and plunging over a million residents into darkness.
“Severe thunderstorms moving across the Houston metro area have a history of producing damaging winds! This destructive storm will contain wind gusts to 80 MPH! A tornado is possible!” the National Weather Service of Houston wrote on X.
⚠️⚠️Severe thunderstorms moving across the Houston metro area have a history of producing damaging winds! This destructive storm will contain wind gusts to 80 MPH! A tornado is possible!
TAKE COVER NOW, away from windows. Head to the lowest floor.
— NWS Houston (@NWSHouston) May 16, 2024
X users shared shocking footage of transmission towers that were toppled by the storm.
Pics from emergency management in #HarrisCounty show extensive damage to electrical infrastructure. Power out for nearly 1/3 of county and over 750k+ for all of #Texas and growing. #houston @CNN pic.twitter.com/5taRn2441f
— Derek Van Dam (@VanDamCNN) May 17, 2024
🚨#BREAKING: Nearly a Million are without Power as Powerful Storms Move through with 80-117 mph Winds Toppling large transmission power lines and Shattering skyscrapers Windows
Currently nearly 935,000 customers in Houston Texas are without power with the… pic.twitter.com/LiSbmRhiib
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) May 17, 2024
According to poweroutage.us, more than a million Texans are without power, mainly in the eastern part of the state.
The Texas power grid can’t catch a break.
Tyler Durden
Thu, 05/16/2024 – 21:39
Click this link for the original source of this article.
Author: Tyler Durden
This content is courtesy of, and owned and copyrighted by, https://zerohedge.com and its author. This content is made available by use of the public RSS feed offered by the host site and is used for educational purposes only. If you are the author or represent the host site and would like this content removed now and in the future, please contact USSANews.com using the email address in the Contact page found in the website menu.