Thousands of residents in U.S. Texas off power amid Arctic blast

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Thousands of residents in U.S. Texas off power amid Arctic blast

STORY: Thousands of residents in U.S. Texas off power amid Arctic blast DATELINE: Dec. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:16 LOCATION: HOUSTON, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of electrical facility in Houston, Texas 2. various of tents set up by homeless people in downtown Houston 3. various of George Brown Convention Center STORYLINE: Thousands of people were without power as the Arctic blast rushed into the south-central U.S. state of Texas on Thursday, bringing freezing temperatures expected to last through Christmas. As of 11:00 p.m. Central Time on Thursday (0600 GMT Friday), more than 91,500 customers lost power, according to the power outage tracking site poweroutage.us. Large parts of the northern Texas hub of Dallas were seen in the dark on Thursday night. A hard freeze warning went into effect in the evening, with temperatures dropping into the single digits Fahrenheit with winds gusting over 40 mph. The AccuWeather forecast that pockets of even stronger winds are possible in northern Te

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