Five days after a winter storm brought ice to Austin, more than 50,000 people were still without power Saturday evening. Austin Energy had no estimate on when power would be fully restored. kut
“While the weather continues to improve — which is very helpful — the trees are compromised," Austin Energy General Manager Jackie Sargent said in a news conference with city officials. “They were stressed by the heavy loading of ice on them, so there is still the potential for tree branches to come down and for more debris to impede our outage restoration.”
James Snow, the deputy director of City of Austin Public Works, said 54 traffic signals in Austin were still dark and that nine were flashing around 3 p.m. Saturday. He said the flashing signals were expected to be fixed by the end of the day. Drivers are advised to treat dark or flashing signals as four-way stops.
The mayor has been in physical contact with city and county leadership over the last few days. It was unknown whether anyone else had contracted the virus. Austin Energy said crews had restored service to nearly 51,000 more customers. It said progress was possible, in part, because of the warmer temperatures. Highs near 60 degrees are expected Saturday, and temperatures Sunday could reach into the 70s.
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