HOUSTON (AP) — The number of Texas deaths after Hurricane Beryl came ashore and knocked out power to millions of residents climbed to at least 36 on Thursday as officials confirmed more people who died in homes that were left without air conditioning
HOUSTON — The number of Texas deaths after Hurricane Beryl came ashore and knocked out power to millions of residents climbed to at least 36 on Thursday as officials confirmed more people who died in homes that were left without air conditioning during sweltering heat.
CenterPoint CEO Jason Wells, the head of the city's power utility, apologized to customers Thursday for the company's response after Beryl and told state regulators the utility was already working to better prepare for the next storm. The Gov. Greg Abbott and lawmakers have demanded answers from the utility over why electricity was out for so long.
At Abbott's direction, the utilities commission has begun investigating CenterPoint’s preparedness and response to Beryl. A final report is expected by Dec. 1. CenterPoint says it will also have a new cloud-based outage tracker after their previous tracker was removed due to technical difficulties following a May 16 storm that had left about 1 million customers without power. After Beryl hit, some residents tried to determine which areas in Houston had power by using the Texas-based fast food chain Whataburger's app and seeing which of its locations were open.
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