More than 1.3 million utility customers in the Houston area were still without power on Wednesday, two days after Hurricane Beryl swept destructively through the region.
Hot, steamy weather on the heels of the storm left many people in the region to swelter without air conditioning.
As many as 144 million people across the United States were under National Weather Service heat advisories on Wednesday, from the West and Pacific Northwest to Southeast Texas and many major cities on the East Coast.
Large areas of California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah, and the corridor from Washington, D.C., to New Jersey were under excessive heat warnings, indicating “extremely dangerous heat conditions.” Forecasters expect dangerous conditions to persist in the West for several more days and to redevelop in the Southeast later in the week.
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Hurricane Beryl, destructively
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Hurricane, National Weather Service, West and, Washington , D.C
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Houston, United States, West and Pacific Northwest, Southeast Texas, East Coast ., California , Nevada , Arizona, Utah, Washington ,, New Jersey