DALLAS (AP) – Warmer temperatures swept across the southern United States Saturday, bringing some relief to a winter-weary region facing difficult cleanup and expensive repairs after days of extreme cold and widespread …
Read More »“It’s Like We’re Not Even Human”: Texas Prisoners Face Cold Temperatures During Climate Crisis
A locally run juvenile justice center housing 105 children in North Texas went without running water or heat for three days this week. The Lynn W. Ross Juvenile Detention Center in Fort …
Read More »Extreme weather testing Biden’s disaster management skills
WASHINGTON (AP) – Add Mother Nature to the heap of crisis on President Joe Biden’s plate. With a month on the job and focused on the coronavirus, Biden is seeing his disaster …
Read More »Texans face drinking water shortages as power grid returns to normal
5:13 PM / February 19, 2021 Texas Governor Says 165,000 Homes Are Without Power Texas Governor Greg Abbott said that about 165,000 homes statewide are without power due to downed power lines …
Read More »Climate change and record cold: what lies behind the arctic extremes in Texas
For many, especially people living in the South, the Arctic outbreak that has gripped the heart of the nation for the past week is the kind of cold that only occurs once …
Read More »Water crisis affects millions in Texas after deadly winter storm
Millions of Americans in the South are heading for another night of freezing temperatures no clean water or enough to eat. At food banks and water distribution sites, lines now stretch up …
Read More »Iowa Power Company Explains Why Wind Turbines Don’t Freeze In Iowa
DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) – Texas relies heavily on natural gas, coal, and nuclear power in the winter, but frozen wind turbines have gotten a lot of attention this week, with some wrongly …
Read More »Did you suffer property damage? Texans encouraged to report the impacts of the winter weather crisis
If the recent Arctic explosion and power outages caused damage to your home or business, the state of Texas wants to hear from you. Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Division of …
Read More »Southern cities affected by storms face a new crisis: there is no water
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Southern cities hit by winter storms that left millions without power For days they have traded one crisis for another: Broken water pipes from record low temperatures created …
Read More »Fauci warns of ‘setback’ in COVID fight after brutal polar vortex
As states across the country continue to grapple with the aftermath of a deadly polar vortex, Biden’s senior health officials are concerned that the multi-day emergency will also lead to an increase …
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