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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is from New York, but the congresswoman is focusing on Texas this week after a storm left millions without power.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is from New York, but the congresswoman is focusing on Texas this week after a storm left millions without power.
Hot-weather infrastructure and an isolated power grid have left the state unprepared for extreme weather.
The Republican senator returned home Thursday afternoon.
Nearly half of Texas residents don't have access to clean, running water.
An Austin hospital had to transport the most in-need patients to other facilities.
The cold weather and lack of power have led to a rise in 911 calls and hospitalizations. Here's how to help.
Among the deceased animals was 58-year-old Violet, who was the sanctuary's oldest chimp.
Families in Houston and all over Texas were doing anything to stay warm. Hospitals treated hundreds for exposure to the cold and for carbon monoxide poisoning as Texans fired up generators and stayed in their cars to keep warm.
Millions are without power as a large swath of the state is under yet another winter storm warning.
Conservative politicians are blaming renewable energy for Texas' catastrophic power failures. The state's electric grid operator and independent experts say otherwise.
"No one owes you [or] your family anything; nor is it the local government's responsibility to support you during trying times like this!" said the former mayor.
More than 2.5 million Texas homes and businesses are still without power and at least 24 people have been killed so far as a second winter storm targets the East Coast.
Some of its stores also are opening later and closing earlier because of the dangerous ice storms wreaking havoc in the state.
Anger in Texas over power outages during record winter freeze continued to mount as millions in the energy capital of the U.S. remained shivering.
Almost 3 million homes and businesses in Texas had no power as a new problem emerged: a wave of water restrictions resulting from the lack of electricity.
Volunteers are racing to save the state's sea turtles as thousands suffer from hypothermia.
Power outages resulting from unusually heavy snow and ice temporarily threatened vaccine supplies in the Lone Star State.
Millions of people remained without power amid subfreezing temperatures, and authorities warned of treacherous travel conditions in many states.
Texas is the only state in the continental U.S. that has its own power grid. Unlike the Eastern and Western power grid networks, which serve the rest of the country, Texas' power grid is not subject to federal regulation.
Frigid temperatures kept their grip on Texas, where some four million homes and businesses had outages.
Up to 400 record cold temperatures are possible across the country through the middle of the week.