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Cold has collided with COVID-19 to create unique challenges.
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Families regain power in Texas, food and water shortages continue
Officials announced an end to controlled outages and said Thursday that the state’s independent electrical grid was moments away from failure on Sunday due to high demand and cold conditions.Montinique Monroe/Getty Images
Donna Sue Taylor didn t know the cold was coming. Her blue-gray tent, pitched in one of Houston s storm drainage bayous, has enough room for her three dogs: Gigi, Bella and Star. With no television or phone to alert her to an impending storm though, she relies on word of mouth for news.
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