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A social media user noted the Whataburger app could serve as a de facto outage map, since it shows which fast-food locations are open and which are closed in the wake of Hurricane Beryl.

Officials warn of continued flooding and other risks as Beryl leaves. Groups are mobilizing to help affected Texans.

'You tend to make a lot of friends in hurricanes or post hurricanes, is what I find. And those are great relationships because you’ll find that the neighborhood will come together and help each other out.'

Hurricane Beryl swept ashore as a Category 1 storm with heavy rains and powerful winds, and knocking out power to 1.5 million homes and businesses as fast-rising waters caused street flooding and prompted rescues.

Thousands of frustrated North Texans were still struggling with sporadic power outages even as tens of thousands more had their power completely restored over the weekend.

Most Oncor customers can expect their power to come back on by this weekend after severe winds and thunderstorms ripped through North Texas earlier this week, the provider says.

Power outages remained widespread Wednesday in storm-weary North Texas a day after severe weather flooded streets, uprooted trees and ripped off roofs.

Early Tuesday morning severe thunderstorms passed through Denton, leaving trees and limb debris in the roadways, overturned trash cans while causing power outages and flash flooding throughout the area.

Across the city, power lines and trees are downed, traffic lights are out and glass is scattered across downtown. About 900,000 customers were left without power early Friday.

The former Austin City Council member's Connect the Grid Act would mandate that ERCOT create new interconnections with neighboring power grids.

When compared with other regional grids, it appears Texas issues more requests for consumers to conserve energy. The recent freeze reignited frustrations over the requests and the grid operators.

Two massive winter storms have laid bare the increased vulnerability of U.S. power grids, and time is running out to reduce the risk for this year.