Despite avoiding severe weather during hurricane season, Houston residents experienced the highest frequency of power outages among major U.S. cities in August, according to a new investigation by KPRC 2.

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Data analysis reveals some Houston-area neighborhoods suffered through up to 18 times more outages than the national average, with certain zones experiencing between four to seven interruptions in a single month.

“It seems like there’s a problem that everybody knows about- but nobody can explain why,” said Tyler Steer, a resident of Fort Bend County’s Pecan Grove area, where customers averaged 7.3 outages in August alone.

Outage hot spots identified

KPRC 2’s investigation mapped August outage data, revea

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