Father Elias Lopez reads by candle light during Sunday morning 8:30 mass, Sunday, May 19, 2024, at All Saints Catholic Church where parishioners endured no lights and no air conditioning due to a lack of electric power following severe storms that passed through the area Thursday evening.
- Kirk Sides - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Parishioners endured no lights and no air conditioning to worship during Sunday morning 8:30 mass, May 19, 2024, at All Saints Catholic Church, in Houston, due to a lack of electric power following severe storms that passed through the area Thursday evening.
- Kirk Sides - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
72-year-old Joseph Torregrossa lives on the seventh floor of the Houston Heights Tower senior living facility, which has had only emergency generator power since Thursday night's storms, Sunday, May 19, 2024 in Houston, Texas. Electric crews restored full power and air conditioning Sunday morning.
- Mark Vancleave - staff, ASSOCIATED PRESS
David Figueroa, left, and Delmy Suazo toss bricks to a pile as they work to clean up debris after a wall came down at an apartment complex in the aftermath of a severe storm on Friday, May 17, 2024 in Houston. Fast-moving thunderstorms pummeled southeastern Texas for the second time this month, killing at least four people, blowing out windows in high-rise buildings, downing trees and knocking out power to more than 900,000 homes and businesses in the Houston area.
- Brett Coomer - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Neighborhood children check out an uprooted tree that's blocking East 15th Street near Arlington Street Friday, May 17, 2024 at The Heights in Houston. Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston, an official warned Friday, after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city, knocking out electricity to nearly 1 million homes and businesses in the region, blowing out windows on downtown high rises and flipping vehicles.
- Yi-Chin Lee - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tree service crews climb atop an SUV to cut apart a tree that fell on it at an apartment complex in the 4600 block of Sherwood in the aftermath of a severe storm on Friday, May 17, 2024, in Houston. Fast-moving thunderstorms pummeled southeastern Texas for the second time this month, killing at least four people, blowing out windows in high-rise buildings, downing trees and knocking out power to more than 900,000 homes and businesses in the Houston area.
- Brett Coomer - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Power transmission lines were twisted and toppled after powerful storms swept through the Houston area on Saturday, May 18, 2024 in Cypress, Texas. As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to hundreds of thousands, it will do so amid a smog warning and rising Texas heat.
- Mark Vancleave - staff, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Crews replace utility poles along Durham Drive on Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Houston, Texas. Residents affected by deadly storms last week that left at least seven dead were finally getting some good news as officials said they expected power to be restored by Sunday evening to a majority of the hundreds of thousands still in the dark and without air conditioning amid hot and humid weather.
- Mark Vancleave - staff, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Volunteers prepare boxes of dry foods and fresh fruit to distribute as cars wrap around Houston Community College Eastside Campus Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Houston, Texas. People picked up dry foods, water, ice, milk and baby supplies following severe storms that passed through the area earlier in the week.
- Kirk Sides - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lisa Reed, a teacher, sits outside her home in the Harris County neighborhood of Cloverleaf near Houston on Sunday, May 19, 2024. Reed said she sat outside because it was too hot to be inside since her home was still without electricity because of last week's storms in the Houston area. The powerful storms knocked down a tree in Reed's front yard, smashing it through the windshield of a family truck.
- Juan A. Lozano - staff, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A truck is covered in debris as families in Bridgeland begin to clean up storm damage, Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Cypress, Texas.
- Brett Coomer - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman named Olga, who declined to give her last name, walks around her heavily damaged home as her family begins cleaning up storm damage, Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Cypress, Texas.
- Brett Coomer - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
People walk through a Bridgeland neighborhood as families begin cleaning up storm damage, Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Cypress, Texas.
- Brett Coomer - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman walks past debris in a Bridgeland neighborhood as families begin cleaning up storm damage on Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Cypress, Texas.
- Brett Coomer - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A restoration crew works in a home while cleaning up storm damage, Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Cypress, Texas.
- Brett Coomer - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Houston area residents affected by deadly storms last week that left at least seven dead have received some good news
Father Elias Lopez reads by candle light during Sunday morning 8:30 mass, Sunday, May 19, 2024, at All Saints Catholic Church where parishioners endured no lights and no air conditioning due to a lack of electric power following severe storms that passed through the area Thursday evening.
- Kirk Sides - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Parishioners endured no lights and no air conditioning to worship during Sunday morning 8:30 mass, May 19, 2024, at All Saints Catholic Church, in Houston, due to a lack of electric power following severe storms that passed through the area Thursday evening.
- Kirk Sides - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
72-year-old Joseph Torregrossa lives on the seventh floor of the Houston Heights Tower senior living facility, which has had only emergency generator power since Thursday night's storms, Sunday, May 19, 2024 in Houston, Texas. Electric crews restored full power and air conditioning Sunday morning.
- Mark Vancleave - staff, ASSOCIATED PRESS
David Figueroa, left, and Delmy Suazo toss bricks to a pile as they work to clean up debris after a wall came down at an apartment complex in the aftermath of a severe storm on Friday, May 17, 2024 in Houston. Fast-moving thunderstorms pummeled southeastern Texas for the second time this month, killing at least four people, blowing out windows in high-rise buildings, downing trees and knocking out power to more than 900,000 homes and businesses in the Houston area.
- Brett Coomer - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Neighborhood children check out an uprooted tree that's blocking East 15th Street near Arlington Street Friday, May 17, 2024 at The Heights in Houston. Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston, an official warned Friday, after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city, knocking out electricity to nearly 1 million homes and businesses in the region, blowing out windows on downtown high rises and flipping vehicles.
- Yi-Chin Lee - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tree service crews climb atop an SUV to cut apart a tree that fell on it at an apartment complex in the 4600 block of Sherwood in the aftermath of a severe storm on Friday, May 17, 2024, in Houston. Fast-moving thunderstorms pummeled southeastern Texas for the second time this month, killing at least four people, blowing out windows in high-rise buildings, downing trees and knocking out power to more than 900,000 homes and businesses in the Houston area.
- Brett Coomer - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Power transmission lines were twisted and toppled after powerful storms swept through the Houston area on Saturday, May 18, 2024 in Cypress, Texas. As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to hundreds of thousands, it will do so amid a smog warning and rising Texas heat.
- Mark Vancleave - staff, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Crews replace utility poles along Durham Drive on Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Houston, Texas. Residents affected by deadly storms last week that left at least seven dead were finally getting some good news as officials said they expected power to be restored by Sunday evening to a majority of the hundreds of thousands still in the dark and without air conditioning amid hot and humid weather.
- Mark Vancleave - staff, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Volunteers prepare boxes of dry foods and fresh fruit to distribute as cars wrap around Houston Community College Eastside Campus Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Houston, Texas. People picked up dry foods, water, ice, milk and baby supplies following severe storms that passed through the area earlier in the week.
- Kirk Sides - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lisa Reed, a teacher, sits outside her home in the Harris County neighborhood of Cloverleaf near Houston on Sunday, May 19, 2024. Reed said she sat outside because it was too hot to be inside since her home was still without electricity because of last week's storms in the Houston area. The powerful storms knocked down a tree in Reed's front yard, smashing it through the windshield of a family truck.
- Juan A. Lozano - staff, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A truck is covered in debris as families in Bridgeland begin to clean up storm damage, Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Cypress, Texas.
- Brett Coomer - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman named Olga, who declined to give her last name, walks around her heavily damaged home as her family begins cleaning up storm damage, Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Cypress, Texas.
- Brett Coomer - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
People walk through a Bridgeland neighborhood as families begin cleaning up storm damage, Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Cypress, Texas.
- Brett Coomer - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman walks past debris in a Bridgeland neighborhood as families begin cleaning up storm damage on Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Cypress, Texas.
- Brett Coomer - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A restoration crew works in a home while cleaning up storm damage, Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Cypress, Texas.
- Brett Coomer - member image share, ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston area residents affected by deadly storms last week received some good news as officials said power was restored Sunday to a majority of the hundreds of thousands who had been left in the dark and without air conditioning during hot and humid weather.
The widespread destruction of Thursday’s storms left at least seven dead and brought much of Houston to a standstill. Thunderstorms and hurricane-force winds tore through the city, reducing businesses and other structures to piles of debris, uprooting trees and shattering glass from downtown skyscrapers.
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