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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, [7] and 15–20. The storms triggered the worst energy infrastructure failure in Texas state history, leading to shortages of water, food, and heat. [8]
City of Austin and Travis County officials estimated that the winter storm caused at least $195 billion in damage in Texas, making the winter storm the single-costliest natural disaster in the history of Texas and the United States as a whole. [20] Some insurance firms had estimated a damage total of between 195 and 295 billion dollars. [46] [47]
The February 15–20, 2021 North American winter storm, also unofficially referred to as Winter Storm Viola, or to some as simply The North Texas Freeze, was a significant and widespread snow and ice storm across much of the United States, Northern Mexico, and Southern Canada.
Sweeping power outages, hundreds of thousands of insurance claims and millions of impacted residents across the nation are adding up to make the punishing coast-to-coast winter weather in February ...
Just look at what’s happened in the cold spells of February 2021 and December 2022. Let’s assume some calamity like that might avalanche its way into North Texas sometime this winter. What ...
Plus, details on a new NOAA tool for winter storm forecasting.
Severe winter storms also were associated with the bitter cold, which allowed for heavy snowfall and ice accumulations to places as far south as Houston, Texas, and contributing to one of the snowiest winters ever in some areas in the Deep South. With the record cold advancing so far south, effects were crippling and widespread.
Winter storm Ice storm: Formed: December 30, 2020: Dissipated: January 3, 2021: Lowest pressure: 1001 mb (29.56 inHg) Tornadoes confirmed: 4 on January 1: Max. rating 1: EF1 tornado: Maximum snowfall or ice accretion: Snowfall – 24.0 inches (61 cm) in Big Bend National Park, Texas Ice — 0.66 inches (1.7 cm) in Blue Knob Mountain ...