Texas officials say restoring power will take days after Hurricane Beryl
The hurricane knocked out power to nearly three million homes and businesses.
Texan officials say restoring electricity will take days after Beryl, a Category 1 hurricane, came ashore on Monday and knocked out power to nearly three million homes and businesses.
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said CenterPoint Energy was bringing in thousands of additional workers to help turn the lights back on quickly.
He said the storm toppled 10 transmission lines and that fallen trees had caused many of the outages.
At least three people were killed as Beryl moved through Texas. The fast-moving storm threatened to carve a harsh path over several more states in the coming days.
Hurricane Beryl swept into Texas early on Monday with heavy rains and powerful winds, knocking out power and flooding streets with fast-rising waters as first responders raced to rescue stranded residents.
Beryl had already cut a deadly path through parts of Mexico and the Caribbean before turning toward Texas.
