More than 200,000 Houston residents are still without power following Thursday's deadly storm.

The big picture: The sweeping, short-lived storm has left a lasting impact on the Houston area, including at least seven deaths across the region and damage already predicted to be in the billions of dollars.

The latest: CenterPoint Energy reports 226,000 customers were without power as of 6am today.

• The utility says power will be "substantially" restored by the end of Wednesday, leaving many uncertain as to when their lights — and their air conditioning — will be back on.
• Several Houston-area schools will remain closed today, including Spring Branch ISD, Cy-Fair ISD and some Houston ISD campuses.

Meanwhile, FEMA crews and other resources are deploying into the hardest-hit communities to assess the damage and offer assistance.

• President Joe Biden approved a disaster declaration Saturday that opens up applications for grants for housing and home repairs, loans to cover uninsured losses, and relief for small businesses in Harris, Montgomery, Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity and Walker counties.

The intrigue: Houston starts the week with high temperatures in the low 90s — including heat index values close to 100 degrees — as crews work to restore power.

• The City of Houston and Harris County commissioners have set up several cooling centers throughout the city for people seeking relief from the heat.

Dig deeper: The high winds, known as a derecho, had their origins in an intense heat dome currently situated in central Mexico, which is seeing hotter temperatures thanks to a warming planet.

• The global effects from that heat dome, coupled with atmospheric instability in Southeast Texas, helped make Thursday's straight-line winds so catastrophic, Axios' Andrew Freedman reports.

What's next: Houston is entering a dry spell with no rain in the forecast through at least the weekend.

• Sunny skies will prevail with high temperatures in the low 90s and heat index values in the upper 90s.

Worthy of your time: Check out how to help those affected by the storm.

Spanglish — a mix of English and Spanish — is surging in political ads and campaign outreach ahead of November's elections.

Why it matters: Communicating in Spanish is key to wooing Latino voters, who are nearly 15% of the national electorate and who could swing critical races in Arizona and other battleground states.

• But, increasingly, so is using Spanglish, especially since many young Latinos — a rapidly growing demographic — are more likely to be English-dominant.

Zoom in: So far this year, the Biden campaign has released two ads in Spanglish, with plans for more.

• The campaign has spent millions on ads and deploying staff to reach Latino voters for this campaign, according to spokesperson Fabiola Rodriguez.
• The Democratic National Committee also says it's made a "six-figure" investment in digital, print and radio ads targeting Latinos and funded 30 Spanish-language billboards in key battleground states.

The Trump campaign released Spanish ads in 2020 but has yet to spend any cash on them so far this cycle.

• Instead, the campaign is reaching Latino voters organically and through surrogates such as Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), says Danielle Alvarez, a Trump campaign spokesperson, adding that Trump has done major interviews with Spanish-language TV stations.

By the numbers: Roughly 63% of Latinos say they speak Spanglish — and the share of Latinos who speak Spanish at home has dropped over the past decade, according to the Pew Research Center.

What they're saying: "Second-generation Latinos in the U.S., at home, while their parents and grandparents are speaking in Spanish, they're speaking in English back to them," says Rodriguez.

Cringe concern

🏳️‍🌈 Fort Bend County is home to Greater Houston's newest Pride organization. (Houston Public Media)

📚 Mayor John Whitmire pledged to renovate the Montrose library building rather than move forward with a plan to relocate the library to a commercial building down the road. (Houston Landing)

One person was killed and two others were injured in shootings during the unofficial Jeep Weekend in Galveston County. (Houston Chronicle)

🎶 Relive the early 2000s and see Sean Paul in concert at 713 Music Hall at 8 tonight.

• General admission starts at $59.

🎥 Watch the thriller "Casino" at Axelrad today at sundown.

• Free.

🐕‍🦺 Laugh it up at the Stand Up for Pets comedy show at 7pm Wednesday at Improv Houston.

• $20 for two. All ticket proceeds benefit Emancipet's nonprofit veterinary clinics.

📝 Write a note or a memory on a wood plank at the Houston Temple temporary art installation at the Orange Show.

• The vigil on Thursday is from 6-9pm.

🌳 Take your child to play bingo at Levy Park on Thursday. Ideal for 4- to 12-year-olds.

• Free. 4:30pm.

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The journey of exploring late-night, non-ice cream dessert spots continues. This week, we finally tried Dessert Gallery Bakery & Cafe.

• And if the crowd on a typical Wednesday night was any indication, this place is well loved.

Dig in: Dessert Gallery Bakery & Cafe serves an array of desserts, including cookies and cakes.

• Most importantly, it's open until 10pm Sunday through Thursday and till midnight on Friday and Saturday.

What to order: The Big "O" was the server's favorite, and understandably so. It was a luxurious take on an Oreo cookie and surprisingly light. If Oreo fillings tasted like the white layer of the cake, we'd be in trouble.

• The lemon blueberry tasted like a luxurious spin on a breakfast blueberry muffin — in the best way possible. It was dense yet perfectly moist and scrumptious.
• The slices were $11 each.

If you go: 3600 Kirby Drive.

• There's also a location in The Woodlands at 25 Waterway Ave.