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Texas emergency proclamation approved as dangerous winter storm causes power outages

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As a major winter storm batters large parts of the country, President Joe Biden has approved Texas' emergency disaster proclamation Sunday.

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BBC News

US snow: Winter storm tightens grip in southern states

More than 150 million Americans are under winter storm warnings, with a state of emergency in Texas.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Yahoo News

Icy weather chills Texas wind energy as deep freeze grips much of U.S.

Ice storms knocked out nearly half the wind-power generating capacity of Texas on Sunday as a rare deep freeze across the state locked up turbine towers while driving electricity demand to record levels, the state's grid operator reported. Responding to a request from Governor Greg Abbott, President Joe Biden granted a federal emergency declaration for all 254 counties in the state on Sunday, authorizing U.S. agencies to coordinate disaster rel…

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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News18 India

Nearly 3 Million Customers Without Power As Texas Freezes

A rare deep freeze in Texas that raised demand for power forced the U.S. state's electric grid operator on Monday to impose rotating blackouts that left nearly 3 million customers without electricity.

3 years ago·India

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The Guardian

Winter storm brings snow and ice across southern US as temperatures plunge

Thousands without electricity in rotating outages in Texas and President Joe Biden declares an emergency in stateA winter storm dropping snow and ice also sent temperatures plunging across the southern US plains states, prompting a power emergency in Texas a day after conditions canceled flights and affected traffic across large swaths of the US. Related: Texas sees one of its coldest winters in decades as temperatures dropContinue reading...

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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CTV News

Power cut across Texas as snow, ice blanket southern Plains

A winter storm dropping snow and ice also sent temperatures plunging across the southern Plains, prompting a power emergency in Texas a day after conditions cancelled flights and impacted traffic across large swaths of the U.S.

3 years ago·Canada

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