India, Oct. 25 -- CenterPoint Energy reports thousands of outages in the Houston area after strong thunderstorms struck the area Saturday morning.

According to CenterPoint, 157,181 customers are without power as of Saturday at 5:40 a.m.

Several counties in the Houston area, including Waller, Harris, and Montgomery, have received tornado warnings, reported Click2Houston.

CenterPoint announced last night that 1,300 frontline employees and contractors were pre-positioned at 12 service centers throughout the region to react immediately to any possible service interruptions.

Meanwhile, several people took to X, formerly Twitter, to report about the outages, with one saying: "Jeeze, 9-10 hours of possible outage for a storm that lasted 30is...