Power Outages: Storms knock out power for thousands across Houston area

HOUSTON – Thousands of CenterPoint Energy customers are without power Tuesday as storms continue to move through the Houston area.

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CenterPoint’s outage tracker reported over 1,000 customers impacted by outages around 2:19 p.m. Tuesday.

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CenterPoint Energy said it activated its Emergency Operations Center ahead of the storm system and has crews stationed throughout the Greater Houston area to respond to any weather-related outages.

The utility said it is monitoring forecasts for severe weather and potential flooding while coordinating with local emergency management partners.

The KPRC 2 Weather Team is continuing to track these storms.