Let's go back out to Fox's Chelsea Torres,
live in Houston, where so many people Chelsea are still
without power days after severe weather hit.
That's right. Sorry about that,
Christine. I just want to let you know here in
several of these neighborhoods around the Houston area,
you'll see ripped out trees,
down power lines, and dozens of businesses are losing thousands
of dollars because they're not able to open their doors.
Now, the main power company here in Houston says 85%
of customers now have power,
but temperatures are in the 90s and humidity is high.
You move just a few feet and you are sweating.
People tell me if you have a generator,
it still does not cool your home entirely.
Homeowners are still cleaning up debris and repairing their homes,
but dozens of businesses like this barbecue joint still has
their doors closed.
This restaurant threw out most of their food,
and the general manager did not want to say exactly
how much money they have lost from closing their doors.
But they did run a freezer trailer to store some
food they could save until power is back.
We don't want to keep any.
Product in their facility and we're cleaning for everything is
checking for pests or everything.
That much to the building and you know burglary as
well,
which fortunate hasn't happened. Yeah,
sales was we're losing a lot of money.
Our team members, you know,
they're hourly.
They're not working at the moment.
Now you're going to be seeing crews going around behind
me because there's still plenty of them working way late
into the evenings,
you know? Center Point Energy,
the main energy company here in the Houston area,
says that they're on track to get power back on
for most of their customers,
but. Tomorrow evening in Houston,
Chelsea Torres, FOX 5 News.
They would certainly appreciate it back on.
All right, Chelsea, thanks so much.