Run down of Rita Damage

Last updated on: September 25, 2005 at 4:25 am by Desh Kapoor

Run down of Rita Damage 2005-09-25T04:25:16-05:00 Desh Kapoor

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News Source:

abc13.com

News Highlight:

— Utility officials said about 939,000 customers in East and Southeast Texas were without power (more than 560,000 with CenterPoint Energy, mostly in Southeast Texas; about 279,000 with Entergy; and about 100,000 TXU customers, primarily in East Texas).

— In Jasper County north of Beaumont, seven people in the house that came off its foundation were rescued in floodwaters. There were also reports of trees on houses, houses burning, and churches and mobile homes coming apart.

— In Galveston’s historic Strand district, fire destroyed a bail bonds company, a former fraternal club that’s now an art gallery, and burned a Victorian house. The main facility of The Galveston County Daily News lost part of its roof. The wall of a restaurant collapsed.

— In Spring, east of Interstate 45, a tree hit a powerline and struck a roof, setting a house ablaze.

— In Beaumont, windows were blown out in the lobby of the Elegante Hotel. Streets around the city were littered with downed power lines, snapped trees and broken light poles. Storefront windows have been blown out.

— In Angelina County, power lines and trees were are down. The sheriff’s office was without power and running on a generator. The Diboll Police Department’s roof was torn off.

— In Tyler County, power outages were widespread. High winds ripped roofs off several buildings, including the police department in Woodville, the sheriff’s department said. The junior high school in Warren also lost its roof.

— In Sabine County, strong winds tore a hole in a high school gym roof. There were no reports of injuries, authorities said.

— In Jefferson County, which includes Sabine Pass, there were reports of downed power lines and broken windows.

— A predawn fire in a two-story apartment building in southeast Houston left at least eight units damaged, authorities said. Nobody was hurt, according to District Chief Jack Williams.

— In Pasadena, fire broke out before dawn at a shopping complex. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

— In Nacogdoches, there were trees blown on homes, roof damage and shingles and siding blown off, according to police spokesman Greg Sowell.

— In Vidor, east of Beaumont on Interstate 10, power lines were down, trees blocked roads, roofs were peeled back, including the roof of a supermarket.

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