Update from the Severe Weather Service – May 28, 2024
The City of Dallas is keeping a close eye on the effects of extreme weather and will post updates on this website about any changes to services for May 28, 2024.
For a list of Dallas City relief centers, please visit the following webpage if the bad weather on May 28, 2024, affects you.
If you were affected by the severe weather on May 28, 2024, please see the list of Dallas City assistance centers on the following page.
In the event of an emergency involving the need for EMS, fire, or police assistance, dial 911.
Emergencies can be defined as ongoing criminal activity, medical crises, fires, major car accidents involving injuries, or life-threatening circumstances.
You can report non-emergency issues online or by calling 311.
It is advised that locals be mindful of the high water levels.
In the city, high water levels can be caused by heavy rain. When nearing flooded streams, highways, or any other bodies of water, people are urged to remain vigilant, proceed with caution, and pay attention to any warning signs. Reverse the direction. Avoid drowning.
Observe these fundamental safety guidelines. You could save their lives.
Avoid driving through flooded areas as most flood-related deaths occur in vehicles; if your vehicle stalls, leave it immediately and move to higher ground; pay attention to all warning signs; monitor rising water levels; identify high ground and move there immediately if you see or hear rapidly rising water; be especially cautious at night; follow local emergency management officials’ advice regarding lakes or rivers; and heed the National Weather Service’s advice to “Turn around.” “Don’t drown,” and be mindful of the risks associated with traveling by car or foot in flooded areas.
Update on Oncor :-
In the DFW and neighboring areas, we are currently keeping an eye on and responding to power outages brought on by thunderstorms and gusts as high as 80 mph. A portion of our service area is under a watch or warning for severe storms. We are grateful for your patience while we try to restore power as soon as it is safe to do so.
You can text OUT to 66267, use the MyOncor app, click “Report an Outage” on the map, or Gmail lavyanshugoswami24323@gmail.com to report a power outage or check the status.
The public’s and our personnel’ safety continues to be Oncor’s top priority. Please remain away, keep others and pets away, and call 911 right away if you observe a downed power line.
Hygiene :-
All customers’ garbage and recycling collections will be delayed by one day as of today, May 28. As a result, routes for Tuesday will be picked up on Wednesday, routes for Wednesday on Thursday, routes for Thursday on Friday, and routes for Friday on Saturday.
Effective today, May 28, all customers will see a one-day delay in their emergency and recycling collections. As a result, the debris from this week’s trees and forests will be removed on Saturday.
For the following fifteen days, all residences will receive a 20-cubic-yard exception, and early set-out enforcement will be stopped. If you go beyond the 20 cubic yards allotted, you may be charged administrative fines.
Residents are advised by sanitation services to bring vegetative storm debris to the curb. While the enforcement of the 10-cubic-yard restriction or the 20-cubic-yard yearly exception is deferred, other regulations remain in effect. They ask that goods such as building debris be kept apart from vegetative waste. The dangerous roadway and alley conditions cause a one-day delay in the collection. Social media and the website of the sanitation agency are used to disseminate alerts.
Public Works at :-
Responding to 311 calls, public works personnel are dispersed around the city. Large trees are being chopped down by employees and placed at the curb for sanitation brush buster personnel to remove. This week, the crew will labor nonstop to remove fallen trees as soon as they can.
Today99news Public Library :-
There is no electricity in eleven Dallas libraries, yet the temperature is between 72 and 76 degrees. Take note that White Rock Hills’ electricity is erratic; right now, it’s out once more. Every other will continue to operate during regular business hours and has the potential to cool fully.
The hours are as follows: today99news.com. The majority of places without electricity will close at 5:00 PM on weekdays. Bachman Lake, Renner Frankford, and White Rock Lake libraries—three of which are currently without power and were scheduled to be open until eight o’clock at night—will close at six thirty.
