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In February 2021, the state of Texas suffered a major power crisis, which came about during three severe winter storms sweeping across the United States on February 10–11, [6] 13–17 (known as Winter Storm Uri), [7] and 15–20.
Millions of Texans fell victim to the recent devastating winter storms that left many with broken pipes, no power, or running water. If you were impacted by the recent Texas storms or any natural ...
The winter storm caused power grids to fail across the U.S., causing blackouts for over 5.2 million homes and businesses, the vast majority of which were in the state of Texas, which became one of the largest blackout events in modern U.S. history, [12] [13] [41] the largest one since the Northeast blackout of 2003. [17]
In February 2021, the state experienced widespread outages and at least 246 people died when a freeze swept Texas. Public Utility Commission Chairman Peter Lake said reforms put into place in the ...
More than 4 million people woke up without power in Texas amid record low temperatures.
The Texas government opened 300 warming shelters across the state during the winter storm. [38] In Arkansas, over 1 foot (0.30 m) of snow caused major travel disruption, including many crashes. The heavy snowfall also broke several all-time records in the area, which had not been broken in decades.
The singer is teaming up with Adidas and Bread of Life, a Houston disaster relief organization to provide grants of up to $1,000 for those in need due to winter storm Uri. Residents of Texas and ...
The 2020–21 North American winter was the most significant winter season to affect North America in several years, and the costliest on record, with a damage total of at least $33.35 billion (2021 USD).