Houston damage count for Beryl

After Hurricane Beryl made landfall last week in Texas and left the city of Houston in darkness as it knocked down trees and power transmission towers and killed people, exposing the state’s vulnerability.

The utility company CenterPoint Energy expects to restore power to 100 percent of users by Friday.

Hurricane Beryl not only damaged CenterPoint Energy’s electrical infrastructure, but also caused damage to customer-owned equipment.
Erandi Treviño, Co-Director and Founder of Raíces en Houston, an environmental rights and justice advocate, says she and two million people were left without power and her neighbors suffered from downed trees.

She shares that they are having a difficult time because without power they can’t have food, air conditioning or medicine can be damaged, let’s hear from Erandi Treviño, Co-Director and Founder, Raíces Houston.

She also says that many immigrants have experienced this more complicated situation because they can’t even charge their cell phones or put gas in their cars.

Erandi Treviño, Co-Director and Founder, Raíces Houston, said that communication has also been affected, in addition to the economic situation that Latinos live in.

In addition, she said one problem is that the water may not be as potable and although authorities recommend boiling it, many people do not have the electricity to do so.
Erandi Treviño, Co-Director and Founder, Raíces Houston acknowledges that they have not had the relief after the storm, as the saying goes.

Erandi Treviño, Co-Director and Founder, Raíces Houston, calls on politicians to consider extreme weather in building permits and policies to address climate change-related situations.

Hurricane Beryl damaged CenterPoint Energy’s electrical infrastructure and caused damage to customer-owned equipment, and the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) has officially launched an investigation into CenterPoint Energy’s response to the damage caused by Hurricane Beryl.