LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) -
In the
wake of the storm system that blew through East Texas on Dec. 20 that left
8,500 people without power in Angelina and Nacogdoches counties, a spokesman
for Oncor said there are no longer any power outages in the two counties.
"All of
the power outages have been fixed unless it was a situation where re-wiring was
needed," Grady Cashion, the Lufkin area manager for Oncor said.
According
to a map on the Oncor Web site, thousands of customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth
area are still without power. However, there are less than 150 customers in the
East Texas area still waiting for their power to be turned back on, and those
customers are located in Rusk, Frankston, and Tyler.
The
National Weather Service reported that the storm blew through the area between
12:50 and 2 a.m. The high winds knocked down trees, downed power lines, and
peeled roofs off of homes and storage buildings all over East Texas. Several
Angelina County schools delayed the start of classes that day because of power
outages, and Zavalla ISD canceled class the whole day.
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