Over 300,000 ONCOR customers were affected by power outages on Tuesday morning.
Dallas – Thousands of households and businesses lost power on Tuesday morning while serious thunderstorms moved to northern Texas.
According to Oncor at the top of Storm, more than 335,000 customers were without electricity. The storm extended over hundreds of kilometers through the Oncor service area.
“Heavy lightning and the winds in a straight line from 75 to 80 MPH caused significant damage in certain areas,” said Oncor in a press release.
Since then, electricity has been restored to 80,000 customers and 255,000 outrages have been, said Oncor. As soon as the weather conditions have made it possible, ONCOR employees have been deployed and started working to assess the damage, the service provider said.
Oncor has no specific time estimation for energy restoration.
Large stretches of breakdowns have been dispersed in northern Texas, including more than 160,000 in the County Collin region and nearly 30,000 in the Tarrant County region. Tens of thousands of breakdowns were reported in Dallas County and the surrounding areas. Around 7:30 a.m., the number of breakdowns began to drop.
The storms began to move in northern Texas around 4 a.m. and eliminated the Metroplex at 8 a.m., however, strong winds will continue throughout the day, which potentially causes more breakdowns, said Oncor.
To report a breakdown, send an SMS to 66267, call 888-313-4747, use the Myonicor application or select “Report a failure” located above the card. Several power lines would be down in northern Texas. Here are some tips for staying safe while crews work to start cleaning the damage.
- If you see a downstream electric line, please stay away, keep the pets and the others and call 911 immediately. In addition to the line potentially under pressure, everything that affects the electric line, such as a tree branch, could also be under tension.
- Do not try to remove the debris and trees of trees from the zones near the electric lines. Debris can hide a lively thread or a slaughtered electric line.
- Be careful when traveling on the roads, especially in areas with heavy debris and flagships without electricity.
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