More than 100,000 customers in the southern U.S. are still without power following damaging storms that have left residents searching for relief in sweltering temperatures
Forrest Avenue, in the South Highland neighborhood, is dark except for streetlights in the early hours of Saturday, June 17, 2023, following a storm, in Shreveport, La. AUSTIN, Texas — — More than 100,000 customers in the southern U.S. remained without power Monday following damaging storms, leaving residents searching for relief asPower outages for some customers in the piney woods of Texas could stretch late into this week as crews scrambled to make repairs.
In Louisiana, officials closed nearly two dozen state offices Monday because of the risks of severe weather.told Dallas television station KXAS“It’s been horrible because it’s like, the heat index has been so bad that literally, we’re having to sit in the cold baths to cool ourselves down. Our animals as well, we’re having to stick them in the bathtub just to keep them from having a heat stroke, it’s been that bad," she said.
More than 120,000 customers were without power as of Monday morning in the eastern parts of Texas and portions of Louisiana and Oklahoma, according to Southwestern Electric Power Company. Another 4,000 customers were still waiting for electricity to come back in the Texas town of Perryton after aOfficials projected hot and humid conditions across the South Monday, with temperatures climbing into the upper-90s over much of the region, according to the National Weather Service.
Some people had trouble obtaining medication after power forced pharmacies and grocery stores to close, according to
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