A 73-year-old woman died after a tree fell into her home on Monday in north Harris County, according to the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office.
KHOU 11 is keeping you updated on what impacts from the Category 1 storm that roared across Southeast Texas early Monday.made landfall near Matagorda, Texas at 3:55 a.m. Monday as a Category 1 hurricane. By the time it passed hours later, at least seven people in Harris and Montgomery counties were dead. Other storm victims have extensive damage at their homes and some 2.5 million customers lost power.
Two people in Harris County, a man in Humble and a woman in Spring, were also killed by falling trees and a woman in SE Houston died in a fire. CenterPoint said the initial focus in the storm's aftermath will be assessing the type of damage to the electric system and rerouting power on unaffected power lines.
Customers in these areas may still receive alerts during these dates, but accounts will reflect the credits and/or waived data, voice and text charges.Several flights have been canceled or delayed. Check with your airline before you head to Bush or Hobby. “As far as our streets are concerned, it is important to remember that our primary drainage mechanism throughout this city is our streets,” Macchi said. For better or worse, that is the reality of the situation.”
Greater Harris County 9-1-1 Emergency Network reminds residents before, during and after a storm to ONLY contact 9-1-1 for in-progress life-threatening emergencies for police, fire or medical assistance. Island Transit rail service is suspended and the rubber wheel trolleys on Seawall ended at 3 p.m. Sunday to give time to secure vehicles and allow employees to prep their homes for the storm. "As we go through the morning and, we see what the storm is going to do, then we'll make that determination as to what time we're pulling back all of those flights and start flying again," Houston Airports COO Kelly Woodward said.
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