before the water issues are resolved as well, and temperatures are still below freezing in several parts of the state this morning. more than 76,000 people do not have power after that brutal winter storm just hammered the state for days. but there is some good news. the state s primary power company says the energy emergency is over and temperatures are expected to rise in the next few days. cnn s natasha chen is in houston right now. good morning to you. i know power is being restored to a lot of the people in texas, but how are they holding out? reporter: yeah, this has really become a water crisis. and when you talk about boiling water, that can be hard for those who still don t have power. and there is also concern for the people who are, you know, on the margins, cannot afford bottled water or to go someplace else to stay as there are burst pipes in people s homes. we re at the houston food bank and we have three congresswoman speaking right now to the press, shei
distributed because of the weather. and just moments ago, president biden signed a major disaster declaration for texas, which will free up federal money for that state. cnn s natasha chen is in houston for us. just how dire is the situation there? reporter: yeah, as you said, the power situation has improved greatly, but that now means that the attention is turning to the water crisis. there are so many places that still don t have running water, a lot of places under a boil water notice like here in houston, and, you know, in many spots in town we re still seeing folks not able to reopen businesses because of lack of running water or faucets will be taped off and people can t use drinking fountains. this is becoming an issue as that s why there are bottled water distributions happening throughout the weekend here at the houston food bank. we just saw three congresswoman go in to volunteer that includes alexandria ocasio-cortez, who has helped raise more than $3 million fo
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that s about half the state. dallas resident thomas black took this picture. tells cnn he and his girlfriend are running out of food and they are boiling snow for water. i only knew to do that because i had a pouring of outreach giving me tips on how to weather this out and without them, you know, as a texan, we re just not inherently prepared for something like this. austin s water system lost 325 million gallons of water after thousands of pipes burst there. officials say city reservoirs were drained by the water demand and they re warning this could go on for days. u.s. department of health and human services declaring a public health emergency in texas. the lack of water means hospitals can t provide dialysis. crews in san antonio working through the night to put out an apartment building fire that broke out moments after water was shut off to the building. hydrants are frozen so firefighters are trucking water to the scene. roads are so slick and dangerous the red
catastrophe. pratt and whitney is the one who builds the engine. all of a sudden there was a loud sound and it got really bad. i thought lightning struck the plane at first. we looked at each other, my wife and i, held hands and just wished our kids we would see them again. reporter: concerns heightened by a second incident. another boeing jet caught fire. they ordered all domestic flights grounded. questions have already been raised how jets will be returned aviation correspondent pete muntean has the latest on the investigation. reporter: christine, laura, we re getting the biggest window into what may have caused the dramatic in flight failure. mayday, mayday, united air 28. united 328 heavy mayday, mayday. aircraft 328. yeah. denver departure 328 heavy mayday. aircraft just experienced engine failure. need to return immediately. reporter: a fan blade inside the right hand engine broke off, took out another fan blade and investigators were able to find