More than 20,000 CenterPoint customers were without power early Wednesday as another round of storms moved through the Houston area, knocking out service while schools and neighborhoods dealt with the fallout. The current round of storms was expected to ease later Wednesday morning, but not before crews and families faced another rough start to the day.
Jeff Lindner, the Harris County meteorologist, said the weather pattern was not done with the region. “This kicks off a wet pattern into the weekend…heaviest rains may end up this weekend,” he said, adding that the “flood threat will increase with time as grounds saturate and runoff increases.”
The outage landed alongside another disruption for Alvin ISD, which said Wilder and Mary Marek Elementary are closed today because of significant water damage from the storms. Both schools will remain closed for the remainder of the school year, a sign that the damage from the weather was not limited to downed lines and darkened homes.
That is the part that gives the morning numbers their weight. This was not a brief, isolated outage. It hit during a storm system affecting the Houston area, and the forecast offered little comfort: more storms are expected through the Memorial Day weekend. For residents already dealing with wet ground and repeated rounds of rain, the concern is no longer just about restoring power, but about whether the next wave brings more flooding and more closures.
The immediate storm band should end later Wednesday morning, but the broader weather pattern is still working against the region. Lindner’s warning points to what comes next: a wetter stretch, higher flood risk, and the chance that the weekend brings the heaviest rain. For families without power, and for students now out of two elementary schools for the rest of the school year, the answer is clear — the disruption is not over yet.
