Storm-related power outages in Houston: CenterPoint Energy launches new map to check the estimated day power will be restored in your area

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — CenterPoint Energy is working hard to turn the lights back on for thousands of Houston residents still in the dark after Thursday’s destructive storm.

Overnight, they made significant progress, although as of Tuesday morning, 145,000 customers were still in the dark for the fifth day in a row, according to the CenterPoint Energy Outage Tracker.

About 197,000 customers had their power restored in the past 24 hours. Authorities said more than 770,000 customers had their power restored since Thursday.

In addition to outage tracking, CenterPoint also launched a new interactive, color-coded map where users can zoom in on areas of the city and even enter specific addresses to see each area’s estimated restoration date.

CenterPoint says significant damage is hampering restoration in parts of Bellaire, The Heights, Lazybrook-Timbergrove, Cottage Grove and Spring Branch. They expect power restoration to continue through the end of the day Wednesday for customers available to receive service.

CenterPoint expects to restore about 90% of outages by Tuesday evening.

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Several school districts are closed again Tuesday, including Channelview, Cy-Fair, Galena Park and Spring Branch ISDs. Houston ISD also closed 38 schools Tuesday.

Heights High School is one of the HISD campuses closed Tuesday. The school lost air conditioning Monday and students were asked to go home early.

SkyEye flew over the school Monday, where video showed the windows open. One student was even seen leaning out of the window, presumably trying to cool off.

Facebook groups like Heights High School PTO have even asked parents to bring fans to the front office.

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In total, three HISD schools closed early Monday: Heights High School and Reynolds Elementary in Sunnyside due to air conditioning issues, and Lamar High School in Upper Kirby due to a gas leak.

Students who spoke to ABC13 questioned why they were sent back to school, but Superintendent Mike Miles called the day “successful.”

“It was so hot. On the third floor, no air conditioning, no internet,” one student said.

“You walk through these doors and the first thing you feel is the heat,” another student said.

“We have asked our maintenance workers to come out and check the temperature. If it gets too hot, we will close the school,” Miles said.

You can find a full list of cooling centers here.

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