Houston Power Outage Crisis: City Struggles Post-Hurricane Beryl

Houston faces a power outage crisis as millions of residents remain without electricity three days after Hurricane Beryl hit. Frustration grows among residents and city leaders as CenterPoint Energy works to restore power. With temperatures soaring and essential services disrupted, questions arise about the city's preparedness for future storms.

Pressure mounted Wednesday on Houston's power utility as millions of residents still had no electricity nearly three days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, stoking questions over how a city that is all too familiar with destructive weather was unable to better withstand a Category 1 storm.

With frustration growing as Houston residents spent another sweltering day in search for places to cool off, fuel up, and grab a bite to eat, a CenterPoint Energy executive faced a barrage from city leaders who wanted to know why it was taking so long to get the lights back on again.

Mayor John Whitmire bluntly called on the utility to do a better job.

"That's the consensus of Houstonians. That's mine," Whitmire said.

(With inputs from agencies.)