Texas winter storm exposed massive risks for disruption
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People wait to get propane tanks filled outside Dallas on February 16. Record cold temperatures, along with snow and ice, blanketed Texas and spurred a failure of the power grid. Photo by Ian Halperin/UPI | License Photo
The symptoms are unmistakable yet hidden in plain sight. The massive disruption of Texas and what turned out to be a highly vulnerable power grid to a super snow and ice storm last week should have been no surprise. Nor should the COVID-19 pandemic and the massive cyber intrusion of the Solar Winds software have been entirely unpredictable.
President Joe Biden plans to travel to Houston later this week to observe the effects of a series of winter storms that crippled Texas electrical grid and caused millions of people to lose access to drinkable water.
The head of the IMF told European lawmakers Monday that the coronavirus pandemic will likely widen the wealth gap in Europe without a global recovery and a focus on making economies more climate-friendly.
More snow on the way for the Midwest, Northeast
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A truck snow plows the streets around the U.S. Capitol as a winter storm passes through the Northeast corridor in Washington, D.C. Thursday, Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo
February has brought a wild ride of wintry weather for most major cities all across the country, but yet another storm could bring more snow to some to start the week.
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Some locations are forecast to get a break from the wintry weather, but northern tier of the U.S. will not be as lucky as a new storm is set to move in.