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i m poppy harlow, in for erin burnett. cnn learning 26 people have died from the severe winter weather that has hammered the lone star state, as officials brace for another night of below freezing temperatures. expected to push the water system to the brink. 14.9 million people across texas are being told to boil water, or they have no water at all. that s more than half of the state s population. they re also dealing with burst pipes and water treatment plants that are offline. officials say it could be days before we get the water back. people desperate to get water, military planes shipping water to hard-hit areas. and food is almost as scarce as water in some places. and the estimated financial toll is $18 billion from the deep freeze. that is equivalent to the damage from a major hurricane. and now, president biden says he s making plans to visit the hard-hit state. as texans wait for more than 400,000 doses of covid vaccine that were expected to already arrive this week
PlanCapitol-police-chiefWashingtonViewersBrianSituation-roomWolf-blitzerTwitterTexasOutfrontFreezing-temperaturesShow the white house approving a major disaster declaration for the state of texas today and new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez is actually in texas after raising millions of people to aid people affected by the brutal storms. this is not just an issue for it texans. this is an issue for our entire country. disasters don t strike everyone equally, when you have already have so many families in the state and across the country that are on the brink, that can t even afford an emergency to begin with. if you are documented, undocumented, no matter your income, no matter your housing status, you can get help here. cnn s omar jiminez is in austin. half the people in texas, more than 14 million people were told still need water or under a boil water advisory right now. how are folks getting by? reporter: that s right, erica. water is really the focus over the course of this weekend as maybe electricity was the focus early on. we re at a brewery in austin and what you
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