Dallas Power Outages: Consistent storms keeping crews busy
Dallas power outages
Most people who lost power during last week's severe weather got it restored by the weekend. But one Dallas woman didn't get her lights back until Monday. That's because her outage only happened to her home.
DALLAS - The storms moving through North Texas over the last week have kept power crews busy.
Oncor is reporting about 2,600 outages in Dallas County on Tuesday afternoon.
Every time new storms blow through, the work slows down for crews trying to get everyone’s power restored.
Those who only recently got their electricity back said the wait was starting to take a toll on them.
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Laura Munoz was among the hundreds of thousands of people who lost power a week ago. A neighbor’s tree fell on her power line in Dallas. Her lights finally came back on on Monday.
Munoz said at first the outage was bearable. By the fifth day, she was starting to run out of options.
"It does affect everything. Saturday started to be a day where I was like I am not doing well. I’ve tried to be as positive as possible but this is affecting me. The only thing I want is my bed, my dogs, and my AC," she said.
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Oncor says most of the remaining outages are in the hardest-hit areas, including East Dallas, North Dallas, Mesquite, Balch Springs and Lufkin.
Oncor encourages homeowners who are still without electricity to check for damage to the weather head or meter base.
A licensed electrician will need to make those repairs before Oncor can reconnect the power.