A severe storm packing hurricane-force winds pummeled Houston on Thursday, killing at least four people, blowing windows out of high-rise buildings and leaving some 800,000 homes without power as much of the city was plunged into darkness, the mayor said.
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Employees, not essential, stay at home, work at home.
00:04.6
We had a storm with 100 miles per hour winds, the equivalent of Hurricane Ike.
00:14.7
Considerable damage downtown.
00:17.1
Glass, if you're at the concert in Toyota Stadium tonight, or even Minute Maid,
00:24.4
if you're still there after an Astro game, do not go west through downtown.
00:28.6
All the city departments are working tonight. It'll be a long night.
00:33.3
The first responders are doing what they've trained to do.
00:38.5
We had firefighters taking live wires off of 290 this afternoon that was blocking thoroughfares.
00:45.0
Do we know specifically how the four people passed away? Was it an accident? Were they trapped?
00:50.8
Each one is obviously individual. Tree falling on, I know of two.
00:57.1
So the initial indication...
00:58.6
The indications are that we had fallen trees caused two of the fatalities.
01:03.9
One was a crane accident as well that was blown over by the wind, by the strong winds.
01:09.5
So right now, the Houston Police Department, they're on the scene, they're doing the investigation.
01:14.7
So we won't know the exact causes of death, but that's what the indications are right now.
01:20.1
Center point customers without electricity tonight.
01:24.2
I ask everyone to be patient. Look out for your neighbors.
01:28.6
It'll take 24 hours for a lot of this power to be restored. Some will require 48 hours.
01:34.8
So we're in a recovery mode.
01:37.1
If you have a true emergency, call 9-1.
01:41.3
But the real emphasis tonight is stay at home. Do not travel on the roads.
01:47.2
It's dark. There's trees across roadways across Houston.
01:51.9
Don't go to work tomorrow unless you're an essential worker.
01:55.7
There is no HISD school tomorrow.
01:58.6
Stay at home. Take care of your children.
02:01.2
So, thank y'all. Y'all be safe out there as well.
02:15.3
Mary, will there be more updates?
02:17.3
Not tonight. Probably in the morning, but I don't have time.
02:25.3
Let's electricity again.
02:28.3
Everything is, like, shut down.
02:30.3
You need to record it?
02:33.3
Okay. Where's the electricity?
02:37.3
I don't have electricity.
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Thank you for watching!
03:55.3
Thank you for watching!
