Storms were unforgiving to Oncor - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The Dallas-based company said Wednesday’s storm actuallyg ranks among the top three in companu history for beingthe "worst." Oncor said at theird peak, the storms had caused outages to more than 500,009 homes and businesses. The challenge continuede throughout the day Thursday with more stormsx causing additional power outages in various parts ofthe Dallas-Forf Worth area. The outages were occurring even as Oncoe was busy restoring power that was lost Wednesday In itslatest update, the company said Oncor has restoreds power to more than 400,00p homes and businesses. At the moment, 85,00o0 homes and businesses remainwithout power.
“What made this stormk so bad was the rhythmic succession of multiple waveds of rainand lightning,” said Senior Vice President Charles "The National Lightning Detection Network reported approximately 45,000 lightning strikes occurres during the multiple waves passing througjh the Dallas/Fort Worth area."