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Extreme winter weather has dealt the first major setback to the Biden administration s planned swift rollout of coronavirus vaccines, delaying shipment of three days worth of shots, or about 6 million doses.
The disruptions caused by frigid temperatures, snow and ice left the White House scrambling to work with states to make up lost ground even as President Joe Biden was set to visit a Pfizer vaccine manufacturing plant near Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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A sign blocks an on ramp to Interstate 410, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in San Antonio. Many roads, highways and interstates remain closed to to icy conditions.(AP)
The president s trip itself had been pushed back a day to Friday due to a storm affecting the nation s capital.
Texas disaster: Polar vortex plunges Lone Star state into wintry nightmare without power, water and answers Larry McShane
It was the winter weather nightmare nobody in Texas saw coming, a Lone Star catastrophe of unprecedented power outages and failed water systems and a still-rising death toll of at least two dozen.
At the nadir of the deep freeze that began last Sunday, 4 million Texans lost electricity as the statewide power grid teetered and nearly collapsed dodging by seconds a nightmare scenario of widespread blackouts lasting for months. The state’s water supply became compromised, with 7 million Texans still instructed Saturday to boil tap water before use.
Move announced Saturday makes federal funding available to individuals, including for temporary housing
At least 30 people to have now died in Texas since the storms struck, including 11-year-old Cristian Pavon
Three children died in a house fire and a man froze to death in his recliner chair with his wife sat by his side
Senator Ted Cruz still facing criticism over mid-crisis trip to Cancun, while AOC seen in Houston Saturday
At the nadir of the deep freeze that began last Sunday, 4 million Texans lost electricity as the statewide power grid teetered and nearly collapsed dodging by seconds a nightmare scenario of widespread blackouts lasting for months.