Power outage
Stay prepared for cold-related power outages with this list of tools, heaters, candles and other lifesaving items.
Health officials reported 11 additional deaths in New Orleans on Wednesday, mostly older people who perished from the heat.
The crisis is far from over in parts of the South, where many people still lack safe drinking water.
Residents face burst pipes, boil water advisories and food shortages as below-freezing temperatures and power outages continue across the state.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Texas Republican leaders are shifting the blame for the state’s power outage on the nonexistent Green New Deal, which hasn’t been enacted yet.
The latest storm front was expected to bring more hardship to states that are unaccustomed to such frigid weather before moving into the Northeast on Thursday.
A record-breaking winter storm has killed more than a dozen people across the country. In Texas, millions are without power as electrical grids fail due to snow and cold. In North Carolina, a deadly tornado ripped a county to pieces.
A running car and a charcoal grill are believed to have been used indoors by families trying to stay warm amid widespread power outages.
Video footage showed a glowing mass traveling over the power lines as a transformer went down.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for all of the state’s 254 counties.