Photos Show Texans Dealing With Deadly Cold Weather, Power Outages
Residents face burst pipes, boil water advisories and food shortages as below-freezing temperatures and power outages continue across the state.
By Chris McGonigal and Nina Golgowski
02/18/2021 01:10 pm ET
As Texans continue to endure power outages triggered by extreme winter weather, photos show residents sheltering inside cars and local businesses as they face burst pipes, boil water advisories and food shortages. The record-low temperatures have been blamed for nearly two dozen deaths.
“This is in many ways disasters within the disaster,” Judge Lina Hidalgo, the top elected official in Harris County, which encompasses Houston, told Reuters. “The cascading effects are not going to go away.”