Texas scientists: Power outages show why Texas must prepare for climate change
A man walks home with a case of drinking water distributed at the Literacy Achieves nonprofit in Vickery Meadow to nearby residents living without water after a winter storm brought snow and continued freezing temperatures to North Texas on Feb. 18.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
By Ginny Catania and Katharine Hayhoe
1:30 AM on Feb 24, 2021 CST
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Last week, ice, snow and record-breaking cold left millions across Texas without electricity, heat or water, and with homes damaged or destroyed. Roughly 4 million homes and up to 15 million people had no power for several days, and 13 million homes had no water or poor water quality.