 power in the houston area there are 2.2 million people without power in the center point service area in the region around 1.6 million in harris county without power harris county judge lena hidalgo the heavy rains prompting numerous high water rescues the white house says president biden is getting regular updates on the storm with the coast guard and fema readying search and rescue teams the storm which was a category 5 hurricane at its peak toward deadly path of destruction through parts of the caribbean and mexico over the weekend