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Skip to main content Currently Reading Biden declares major disaster in Texas as focus shifts to who is responsible for the winter weather crisis Drew Harwell, Brittney Martin, Marisa Iati and Kim Bellware, The Washington Post Feb. 20, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail HOUSTON - President Joe Biden signed a major disaster declaration that will allow much of Texas to tap vast reserves of federal aid, the White House said Saturday, offering a new lifeline to a state struggling to recover from a brutal winter storm that left more than 50 dead and millions without power across the South. As Texas thawed from days of frigid darkness, an epic blame game emerged over who is responsible for the billions of dollars in damages from what some expected would become the most costly weather disaster in state history.

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