City, CPS Energy Continue Storm Recovery Efforts
Published on August 31, 2026
SAN ANTONIO (August 31, 2026) — The City of San Antonio, CPS Energy and community partners continue recovery efforts following Friday night’s severe storms, with significant progress made restoring power, clearing debris and assisting affected residents.
Power Restoration
Currently, more than 317 outages are affecting approximately 1,500 customers.
Personnel in the field have more than doubled, including outside contract crews that will continue working to restore power across the community safely. The remaining outages require specialized equipment, multiple crews, or extensive vegetation removal and the utility expects to make significant progress today.
The CPS Customer Response Unit (CRU) is mobilized and assisting customers in the areas with the largest storm impact with resources. To report a downed power line 210-353-HELP (4357). Customers are encouraged to sign up for Energy Alerts and CPSEnergy.com/alerts.
Residents should never touch a downed power line. Always assume a downed line is energized. If you remain without power, use your emergency backup plan or seek another safe place to stay. For an immediate threat to life or safety, call 9-1-1.
Storm Cleanup & Debris Collection
City crews have removed 377 downed trees, with 30 still pending. Solid Waste crews have collected 84 loads totaling more than 550 tons of storm-damaged brush. Cleanup and debris removal continue across San Antonio, with crews concentrating efforts in some of the hardest-hit neighborhoods.
Residents are encouraged to move fallen limbs, branches and other storm debris to the curb or designated collection area when it is safe to do so. The City’s priority is helping residents clean up their properties and ensuring debris can be collected as efficiently as possible.
Regular trash, recycling and organics collection will continue as scheduled. Residents whose alleys are blocked by storm debris should move their carts to the front curb for collection.
Residents may also dispose of storm-related brush at the Bitters Brush Facility, 1800 Wurzbach Parkway. Disposal fees are being waived through September 7.
Resident Assistance
Sixteen residents and two pets stayed overnight Sunday at City Resilience Hubs. Hubs will remain open today at Gilbert Garza Community Center, Normoyle Community Center and Northeast Senior Center.
Libraries, parks and community centers are also available as daytime places to stay cool. VIA is providing free transportation to both places to stay cool and the three Resilience Hubs. Visit SA.gov/HotWeather for locations and resources.
The San Antonio Food Bank is also working with the City to provide food assistance to affected residents. For the latest San Antonio Food Bank distribution information, visit SAFoodBank.org/DisasterRelief.
City teams continue door-to-door outreach to identify residents who need food, water, debris removal, transportation or other assistance.
Public Safety
Drivers are reminded to slow down, move over and use extra caution around crews and work zones as cleanup and restoration efforts continue throughout the city.
Storm damage also continues to affect traffic signals. As of 1 p.m., 145 of the City’s 1,525 traffic signals had been restored, 13 remained in flash mode, 62 were potentially malfunctioning, and 35 intersections had signal damage. Drivers should use extra caution around affected intersections. If a traffic signal is flashing red or not operating, treat the intersection as four-way stop.
SAPD has increased evening and overnight patrols in neighborhoods affected by extended outages and will maintain the additional presence while outages persist.
Residents should stay away from downed power lines and report them to CPS Energy at 210-353-HELP or 210-353-4357. For storm debris, blocked streets, transportation or other non-emergency assistance, call 3-1-1 or 210-207-6000. Call 9-1-1 for emergencies.