12:59 a.m. update:
As of 11:57 p.m. Tuesday, power and internet have returned to all UV buildings. As of midnight, Oncor has restored power to 60,000 affected North Texas residents. Repairs throughout North Texas are expected to continue through Thursday evening and Friday.
10:30 p.m. update:
As of Tuesday evening, power continues to be out across all of UV. Oncor reported repairs are expected to be completed Thursday evening, with possible delays until Friday.
Around 5:30 p.m. UTDPD began closing the overhang area of the Sciences Building off because of wind damage. Caution tape and barricades surround the damaged area as of publication.
University Village apartments lost power around 5:40 a.m. Tuesday after a severe overnight thunderstorm, with no expected timeline for power restoration as of publication.
Oncor, UTD’s major energy provider, reported that severe lightning and winds of 75 to 80 mph caused “significant” damage in North Texas communities. As of 2:34 p.m., Oncor said it was dealing with 6,775 outages in the aftermath of the storm affecting at least 177,000 customers, including UV.
Over the past academic year, power has typically been restored to UV within a day of each outage.
UTD’s academic buildings and other residential areas, such as the residence halls and Canyon Creek, still have power. Canyon Creek currently has an internet outage with no timeline for restoration as well.
University Housing said in an email sent to affected residents Tuesday afternoon that they can visit the residence halls for power and internet and take showers at the Activity Center and Rec Center West, which are open until 1 a.m. Wednesday. Additionally, Housing directed affected residents to contact Andromeda Hall for all housing-related emergencies until power is restored.
While there is a minimal chance of storms and no forecasted tornado activity for the rest of Tuesday, the National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for the DFW area until 9 p.m. Tuesday.
The Retrograde will publish updates to this story as additional information becomes available.
One Comment
We’re suing the UT System. Here’s why. – The Retrograde
[…] after 10 p.m., such as when we drove around campus near midnight last semester to report that the nearly 24-hour-long blackout was resolved across all of […]