High water and power outages cause headaches for some residents in Galveston Co.
GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Some residents across the Houston area took a hard hit after strong storms blew through on Friday morning.
Rain pounded much of southeast Texas, causing low visibility for drivers on their morning commute.
Even though the heavy band of rain has moved out, some residents in areas such as Galveston County are still feeling the effects.
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ABC13 spotted high water along Harborside Drive near 17th Street, causing at least two cars to stall in the roadway.
Several drivers did the smart thing and pulled off to higher ground in a parking lot, hoping the water would go down soon.
Ferry Road at Harborside Drive and Dolphin Avenue -- which takes drivers to the Bolivar Peninsula ferry -- was closed due to street flooding. Houston Transtar cameras showed the flooded roadway.
An SUV driver was spotted plowing through the water in the area, only to stall out a few feet down the road.
Minutes later, crews arrived and started to barricade an intersection, begging drivers to turn around.
According to Houston Transtar, I-45 southbound at the Galveston Causeway Bridge was also closed due to high water. It was first reported just before 8 a.m.
ABC13 also heard reports of lightning striking transformers in the Galveston County area, causing localized power outages.
According to the CenterPoint Energy Outage Tracker, there were 8,846 Houston-area customers without power as of 8:45 a.m. About 1,800 of those residents were in Galveston County. As of 11 a.m., about 2,737 were still impacted.
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