 Nearly 300,000 homes and businesses in Texas are still waiting for power to be restored, a week after Category 1 Hurricane Beryl made landfall last Monday. Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatened to issue an executive order forcing electricity provider CenterPoint Energy to improve the reliability of its equipment to withstand powerful storms. Meteorologists say the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season could be abnormally active, with as many as 25 named storms forming from now to November.