More than 90,000 customers in Texas were still without power as of 12:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, as severe storms continued to pummel the area. That figure is down from earlier Tuesday morning, when around 130,000 customers did not have power. The outages have been clearing up throughout the morning, according toPowerOutage.us, a platform that tracks national power outages. Heavy rain, hail and violent winds over Memorial Day weekend are behind the widespread power outages across the state, particularly in the greater Houston area and nearby counties. PowerOutage.us reports that over 71,000 CenterPoint Energy clients and more than 23,000 Entergy clients were without power as of 10:30 a.m. ET. Thunderstorms are expected to continue hitting areas throughout southeastern Texas into Louisiana and Mississippi on Tuesday as severe weather from the holiday weekend continues to move eastward. The National Weather Service reports that the Weather Prediction Center has issued aSlight Risk levelof 2 out of 5 for the thunderstorms throughout Texas that will continue into Thursday morning, with frequent lightning, severe wind, hail and potentially a few tornadoes. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott activated state emergency response resources on Monday,telling residentsthe state was "ready to deploy all necessary resources to support Texans as severe storms move across our state." "Texans are urged to remain weather-aware, regularly check road conditions, and heed the guidance of state and local officials to ensure the safety of themselves and their loved ones," Abbott wrote in a news release. Some Texas residents have captured significant elements from the thunderstorms: An X user in north-central Texas took photos ofhail larger than a softball, and in Austin, someone filmed a video of theintense lightning strikesduring a storm Monday night. The Weather Prediction Center has placed southeastern New Mexico, parts of southwestern Texas and areas across Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia on a level2 out of 5 riskfor severe thunderstorms through Wednesday. The center also warned that some areas in Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia could experience flooding from the storms. The weather serviceadvisesresidents to be ready to shelter indoors before storms hit and to set up multiple ways to receive as many weather warnings as possible.
