Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, resulting in one fatality and leaving around a million businesses and homes without power. The severe weather struck as much of the U.S. was still recovering from tornadoes that claimed at least 24 lives during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
Widespread outages were reported across a vast area of storm-weary Texas, where an oppressive, early-season heat wave added to the residents' misery. The impact extended to the state's runoff elections, with dozens of polling places experiencing power failures. In response, Dallas County announced it would keep polling stations open two hours later on Tuesday to accommodate voters affected by the outages.
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Storms leave widespread outages in Texas, cleanup proceeds across U.S.
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