Caroline Ghisolfi

Millions lost power when Hurricane Beryl stormed through the greater Houston area Monday. And it showed, even from space. Satellite images captured by NASA Monday night show large swaths of darkness in Houston’s suburbs, which are usually brightly lit. City lights also dimmed Monday evening as millions of Houstonians remained without power, the images show. The deadly storm, which made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane near Matagorda in the middle of the Texas Gulf Coast early Monday morning,…

Two months after May’s derecho took CenterPoint Energy’s outage-tracking map down, the utility’s data systems are still malfunctioning on an unprecedented scale, new data shows. In the wake of Hurricane Beryl, the ongoing technical challenges are exacerbating concerns about CenterPoint’s ability to adequately track and respond to power issues in real time. On Monday, as millions dealt in the dark with Beryl’s landfall – and the flooding, oppressive heat and storm damage that followed – the uti…

Hurricane Beryl broke Houston-area records with unprecedented blackouts and sustained wind. Here's how it compares to other major storms in 4 charts.

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