Power outages: Sunday storms lead to spike in outages

PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Power expected to be restored by Sunday

North Texas have been dealing with power outages since Tuesday morning and thousands are still in the dark. Oncor now says the majority of power will be restored by Sunday.

DALLAS - Sunday evening's storms caused a setback for crews trying to restore power in North Texas.

Oncor has been working around the clock to restore power to people who have been without it since this past Tuesday.

By 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, the Oncor's website showed outages had dropped to about 6,000 customers in Dallas County and about 11,000 customers total.

After storms moved through the area, those numbers bounced back up to more than 14,000 in Dallas County and more than 33,000 total.

The good news is that those numbers have come down quite a bit since then. As of 6 a.m. on Monday, only about 9,000 homes and businesses are without power.

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Sunday's outage total is still significantly lower than after Tuesday's storms when more than 640,000 customers were left in the dark.

"Oncor also greatly appreciates the support of our mutual assistance partners and the continued understanding and patience of our customers, especially in the face of such devastating back-to-back storm impacts and extended outages," said the company in a statement on Sunday.

On Saturday, Oncor said it expected to restore power to customers who lost it during Thursday, Friday, and Saturday's weather.

It is not clear if the most recent round of storms will delay the restoration process for those customers.