Severe storms knock out power for thousands of Houston-area customers
Nearly 27,000 Houston-area customers are without power Saturday morning after a severe round of thunderstorms rolled through the region overnight.
CenterPoint Energy reports 21,076 customers are currently without power, while Entergy is reporting 6,263 outages across its service area.
The storms generated more than 700 lightning strikes and loud thunder in the early morning hours Saturday.
Meteorologists at KPRC2 are tracking the storms throughout Memorial Day weekend. Houston is under a flood watch through Memorial Day Monday, with flash flooding considered the biggest threat after days of heavy rain throughout the week.
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The biggest threat is the flash flooding possible after days of heavy rain this week.