Energy companies starting resiliency initiatives are all the rage in Texas, apparently. Six months after CenterPoint Energy launched its project to improve its work in the greater Houston area, Entergy's plan to strengthen its portion of Texas' grid network is about to get off the ground.
Following unusually cold temperatures Houston, Texax is expected to get more rainfall, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Houston residents have been braving colder-than-average conditions in recent weeks because of a broad weather pattern bringing rare winter weather to parts of the South.
Looking for something to do in the Houston area this weekend? Check out this weekend's guide! All events are subject to change, and this list is not comprehensive.
Houston has been on quite a wild weather ride this week. After subfreezing temperatures began in time for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, a winter storm Monday night and Tuesday produced the most significant snowfall in Southeast Texas since 2008.
The 621 area code will encompass the Greater Houston metropolitan area and surrounding communities such as Baytown, League City, Missouri City, Pasadena, Pearland, Sugar Land, and The Woodlands, even stretching from Harris County into Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto, and Waller counties.
This story has been updated to reflect that a federal judge in Washington, D.C. temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s directive to freeze as much as $3 trillion in federal grants and loans. A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s directive to freeze federal funds to municipalities and nonprofits minutes before it was set to take effect Tuesday.