Strong storm system sweeps through the area, some people still without power Thursday morning.
A string of intense storms that blew through the Greater Houston area on Wednesday evening left more than 300,000 CenterPoint Energy customers in the dark at the height of the severe weather.
The storm system moved southward from Dallas and arrived in the area around 9 p.m. It brought heavy rainfall and high wind speeds, around 60 mph. One of the local airports, George Bush Intercontinental, reported wind gusts up to 97 mph on the tarmac. A ground stop was issued around 10 p.m. on Wednesday to all inbound and outbound planes at Bush because of the thunderstorms. Although there were several delays and cancellations as of Thursday morning, operations appeared to be back to normal, according to FlightAware.reported that these storms were not expected but held their intensity as they moved toward the region. They caused the high temperatures to drop into the mid-70s; however, this will not last too long.
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