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By Shane Croucher and Joe Edwards
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Nearly 200,000 electric customers in Texas were without power early Tuesday, according to the tracker poweroutage.us, following severe storms on Memorial Day.
Why It Matters
The outages come after severe weather warnings were issued for the region from the National Weather Service (NWS), many of which were still in place early on Tuesday morning.
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What To Know
Trinity County in eastern Texas was the worst affected, with more than 3,700 customers reporting outages, a rate of 33.2 percent of all customers tracked.
Next door, in Houston County, just over 3,300 customers were without power, or roughly 21 percent of all customers tracked. Just over 20 percent of tracked customers were out of power in Newton County too.
More than 38,000 customers reported outages in Montgomery County, where 377,397 are tracked.
In Houston County, 3,048 outages were reported at the time of writing—a rate of 19.29 percent.
A total of 197,764 customers were out of power across eastern parts of the state.
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According to PowerOutage.us, CenterPoint Energy reported the highest number of outages—120,378 customers at 3:43 a.m. local time.
Newsweek contacted the company for comment on Tuesday, outside of standard business hours.
On Monday, Oncor, the state's largest energy provider, said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that its crews had worked through the night to restore power following severe storms that hit the region over the weekend.
NWS meteorologists had issued flood watches and flash flood warnings across the area, and severe thunderstorms were also expected.
More than 30 Texas counties, including Houston, Austin, and Trinity, were under severe thunderstorm watches until 5 a.m.
In a post on Monday evening, the NWS forecast office, Houston, said strong winds, including localized gusts up to 58 miles per hour would be possible, adding that these would be capable of producing wind damage.
What People Are Saying
"Multiple rounds of thunderstorms are forecast to impact portions of the Southern Plains, Mid-South, and Tennessee Valley through Memorial Day," an NWS forecast said on Monday morning. "Severe thunderstorms may produce large hail, severe wind gusts, and a few tornadoes. Excessive rainfall is also likely and may result in scattered to numerous instances of flash flooding.
What Happens Next
Tuesday will start with early morning thunderstorms, followed by a warm afternoon with temperatures approaching 90 degrees, Fox 26 Houston reported. The unsettled weather lingers into Wednesday, bringing more showers and thunderstorms, with highs in the mid to upper 80s, it said.
Update, 5/27/2025, 5:46 a.m. ET: This article has been updated with additional information and context.
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