As the Houston area recovers from a spring storm, it must also prepare for hurricane season.
Pct. 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis said the event paralyzed the area so badly because folks there aren’t used to derechos, or even tornadoes.if the wind damage swath extends more than 240 miles and has wind gusts of at least 58 mph along most of the storm's path. It spawned confirmed EF-1 tornadoes in Cypress and Waller County and a track of widespread straight-line wind damage across Houston and Baytown.
Ellis said the event paralyzed the area so badly because folks there aren’t used to derechos, or even tornadoes. CenterPoint Energy said up to 98% of power has been restored since then, but it took more than 5,000 workers from utilities across Texas and several other states. That’s in addition to a couple thousand CenterPoint employees.
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