DALLAS — While Oncor officials have said power would be "substantially restored" to those who lost electricity during last week's storms, outages continued to linger into Monday, following more severe storms Sunday evening.
"Oncor teams continue working around the clock to restore power to customers impacted by storms this past week," Oncor said in a statement Monday morning.
Hundreds of thousands of Oncor customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area woke up without power last Tuesday following severe storms.
To see an outage map showing where outages currently are in the area, click here.
The outage map shows areas with the highest number of outages in Dallas County, 1,964. As of about 10 a.m. on Sunday, 9,562 customers across Texas are without power.
In Collin County about 735 people are still in the dark.
About 119 customers in Denton County are without power as of 10 a.m., and in Tarrant County, 505 customers are without power.
To report an outage, Oncor says to text OUT to 66267, click "report an outage" located above the outage map, or use the MyOncor app.
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins posted on X Tuesday that he anticipated a "multi-day power outage for a significant number of Oncor customers."
Oncor told WFAA in an email Saturday that "teams continue working around the clock to restore power to the remaining customers impacted by storms this week. Storm-related power outages for homes and businesses that are capable of accepting power and were impacted by Tuesday's storm are expected to be substantially complete by Sunday morning."
"A new system of storms on Saturday brought heavy rain, quarter-size hail, frequent lightning, flooding and winds in excess of 40 mph causing additional delays in our restoration efforts," Oncor added. "Teams continue working 24/7 to restore power to the remaining customers impacted by storms this week."
"We are committed to repairing these outages as safely and as quickly as possible and will continue working through the weekend until all our customers receive power," Oncor said.
Jenkins said Carrollton Regional Hospital might have lost power Tuesday morning, but all other county hospitals had power.
As for facilities like nursing homes, Jenkins said they should have power through backup generators.
Still, residents across the county should be prepared to be without power for several hours, if not multiple days, Jenkins said.
"That does not mean if your power is out right now, that it will be out for multiple days," Jenkins said. "It certainly could be out for multiple days."
Oncor official Grant Cruise said their crews were pre-positioned and responded immediately to the storm damage and outages.
Cruise confirmed that Oncor is expecting a "multi-day event" and he acknowledged the frustrating nature of the situation. He asked residents to stay patient and stay off the road, allowing Oncor crews to respond to outages.
Cruise said there was a "significant number" of downed power lines.
"It's not going to be simple repairs," Cruise said. "We're looking at complete reconstruction for parts of our area."
Oncor says if anyone sees a downed power line, to stay away and call 911 immediately.