Some utility companies that deliver electricity to Texans are telling customers to expect power outages through Monday night and potentially into Tuesday.
10 deaths linked to winter storm
[12:27 p.m.] At least 10 people have died in weather-related incidents across the Houston area, the Houston Chronicle reported earlier Tuesday.
At least one of those incidents was related to a motor vehicle accident, while others were tied to extremely cold weather brought by a massive winter storm, fires and suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, according to authorities in the area.
Authorities also found two dead people who were homeless, and suspected the cause of death to be exposure to the cold temperatures, though autopsies will confirm the official causes of death.
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Nicole Aurit sits by her tent under a highway overpass in downtown Austin last month. Aurit had been working as a manager at a Supercuts before her job shut down due to COVID-19. (Credit: Evan L’Roy/The Texas Tribune)
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Nicole Aurit came to Austin from San Antonio expecting to live in her van, get a job and eventually find stable housing. She managed to find work as a manager at a Super Cuts, but when the pandemic hit in March, the city suddenly shut down, and she lost her job.
Nicole Aurit sits by her tent under a highway overpass in downtown Austin last month. Aurit had been working as a manager at a Supercuts before her job shut down due to COVID-19. Credit: Evan L Roy/The Texas Tribune
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Nicole Aurit came to Austin from San Antonio expecting to live in her van, get a job and eventually find stable housing. She managed to find work as a manager at a Supercuts, but when the pandemic hit in March, the city suddenly shut down, and she lost her job.
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Nicole Aurit sits by her tent under a highway overpass in downtown Austin last month. Aurit had been working as a manager at a Supercuts before her job shut down due to COVID-19.
Nicole Aurit came to Austin from San Antonio expecting to live in her van, get a job and eventually find stable housing. She managed to find work as a manager at a Super Cuts, but when the pandemic hit in March, the city suddenly shut down, and she lost her job.
That halted a search for a permanent home. And the pandemic also slowed services for people experiencing homelessness, and donations from people suddenly limiting their contact with others.