San Antonio opens shelter, cooling centers after storm knocks out power
May 30, 2021
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CPS crews work on lines on the grounds of the McNay Art Museum on January 17, 2018. Thousands of CPS customers lost power on Friday or Saturday as a result of severe weather, and the city opened five cooling centers on Sunday.Tom Reel /San Antonio Express-News
The city of San Antonio opened a shelter and several cooling centers after severe storms on Friday and Saturday knocked out power for thousands of residents.
Over the course of a few hours, the San Antonio area got upward of 5,000 lightning strikes, wind gusts as high as 77 miles per hour and about 2 inches of rainfall, according to the National Weather Service.