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- Over 939,000 homes and businesses in Texas, Kentucky and other states were without power on Tuesday as storms continued to batter the region since the long Memorial Day holiday weekend, according to meteorologists and data from PowerOutage.us.Tornado-spawning thunderstorms that swept the Southern Plains and the Ozark Mountains killed at least 21 people across four U.S. states over the long Memorial Day weekend.
Texas power company Oncor, a unit of California-based energy company Sempra Energy, has the most outages with over 591,000 customers without power in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to PowerOutage.us. Oncor said it was"currently monitoring and responding to outages caused by thunderstorms producing large hail and wind gusts up 80 miles per hour in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and surrounding areas."
With the storms still battering the region, Oncor said it was not yet able to estimate restoration times for many customers.It has been our privilege to have the trust and support of our East Coast communities for the last 200 years. Our SaltWire team is always watching out for the place we call home. Our 100 journalists strive to inform and improve our East Coast communities by delivering impartial, high-impact, local journalism that provokes thought and action.
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