Tropical Depression Unleashes Heavy Rain in Parts of Texas, Knocking Out Power to Thousands
The utility has activated its emergency operations center and positioned crews and equipment as forecasters call for up to 9 inches of rain.
- On Tuesday, Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border, leaving nearly 70,000 customers without power across Southeast Texas as heavy rain and wind swept through the region.
- Entergy Texas activated its emergency operations center on Monday and strategically positioned more than 1,500 resources across the region ahead of the storm's arrival to prepare for potential infrastructure damage.
- Outages hit Jefferson County hardest, with about 32,000 customers losing electricity, while nearly 5,000 outages were reported in Port Arthur as the system drenched the area.
- Frank Shannon, vice president of reliability for Entergy Texas, said, "Our crews are doing everything they can to safely restore service to our customers" despite challenging conditions from flooding and wind.
- The system weakened into a tropical depression with sustained winds of 35 mph, but forecasters warn that inland flooding remains a significant concern along the system's path through the week.
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Entergy positions crews to respond to Tropical Storm Edouard; urges customers to prepare and be cautious in aftermath
Entergy Texas says it activated its emergency operations center on Monday and have crews positioned to respond ahead of Tropical Storm Edouard.
Entergy Texas urges customers to prepare for Tropical Storm Edouard
Entergy Texas is urging customers to finalize their storm preparations as Tropical Storm Edouard approaches the Southeast Texas coast. The current National Hurricane Center forecast calls for 3 to 6 inches of rainfall across portions of our service territory, with up to 9 inches possible. Heavy rainfall could lead to flash flooding, and tropical-storm-force winds are possible […] The post Entergy Texas urges customers to prepare for Tropical Sto…
Tropical depression unleashes heavy rain in parts of Texas, knocking out power to thousands
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) — The former Tropical Storm Edouard weakened into a depression Tuesday while unleashing heavy rains and strong winds on parts of Texas, knocking out power to thousands, toppling trees and flooding roads.
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