could last weeks as temperatures soar



Power outages could last for weeks in the Houston area amid soaring temperatures after a destructive complex of storms with winds up to 100 mph tore through the area Thursday, killing at least four people and crumpling critical power infrastructure.


 More than 900,000 homes and businesses lost power in Houston’s Harris County during the peak of the storm’s violent winds, and more than 650,000 remained in the dark Friday afternoon, according to PowerOutage.us.


 “For some folks, the luckier ones, (power restoration) might be days, not hours. For many, many people, it’s going to be weeks and not days,” Harris County Judge Lina Hildago said in a Friday news briefing.


 Hidalgo said the weeks-long restoration timeframe was for homes and businesses tied into the 10 steel power transmission towers downed in the state, seven of which were in Harris County.