This article originally published at Houston storms: Power restored to thousands of CenterPoint customers; IAH and Hobby face possible delays. Track Melissa as it's forecasted to become a major hurricane over the weekend. Melissa strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane with 75 mph winds, the US National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.

On Saturday, the Texas Longhorns will head to Starkville, Mississippi to take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs for their final matchup of their four-game away-

This article originally published at Southeast Texas threatened by second round of severe thunderstorms.

A map on AT&T's website showed outages clustered around the Houston area including in Sugar Land, Katy and The Woodlands. Outages were also reported in Dallas, San Antonio and El Paso. AT&T's website listed the outages' cause as a "fiber cable issue" and a "fiber equipment issue" and estimated repair times ranged from 8 hours to 100 hours.

If the 49ers win Sunday in Houston, they’ll match their overall win total from last season and they’ll be alone atop the NFC West at 6-2.

More than 100,000 homes and businesses in the Houston area lost electricity early Saturday morning as the region was struck by strong overnight thunderstorms. Another wave of rainfall was in the forecast for later Saturday, starting in the afternoon, along with wind gusts of up to 20 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

An officer was rushed to the hospital after a driver suspected of driving while intoxicated crashed into him in north Houston, HPD says.