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The state of Texas plunged into darkness as power outages continued for millions of people after a severe winter storm killed at least 21 people as icy conditions threatened to paralyze the nation’s second-largest state and the surrounding region for several days..
About 2.7 million homes were without power, according to the Texas Electrical Reliability Board, a cooperative body responsible for 90 percent of the state’s electricity that has come under increasing criticism for massive power grid failures..
Texas Governor Greg Abbott criticized the state’s electricity corporation ambiguously, saying it did not provide information on areas that will restore power earlier than others due to its failure due to the snowstorm..
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has provided Texas with generators and is preparing to provide diesel fuel to help ensure backup power is available, White House spokeswoman Jane Psaki told reporters. President Joe Biden agreed to declare a state of emergency on Sunday.
Severe suffering
Millions of residents faced extremely poor conditions, as a result of the lack of heat sources during power outages and difficulty in obtaining fuel supplies..
Trilby Landry, a 57-year-old homeless man, was fleeing the cold at Gallery Furniture in Houston, which had opened its doors as a heating center, joining people who had fled their homes due to heating failure..
Laura Noel, a 45-year-old mother of four in Waco, Texas, said her family has been without power since dawn Monday and is trying to keep warm by jogging and sitting in her car for short periods..
Worst weather
The National Weather Service said the worst weather had ever happened in the Fort Worth area, but it maintained a storm warning until 8 p.m. in the eastern part of the state and warned that the unusually low temperatures would last for days..
Additionally, the snow and sleet that crippled the region was moving east and a large accumulation of ice was expected in parts of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi before the storm reached the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Thursday.
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