The extreme weather was blamed for the deaths of at least 57 people.
Yet another snowstorm will affect portions of the Midwest, Great Lakes and interior Northeast on Sunday and Monday.
The winter storm that brought more misery to the South on Thursday continued to dump snow and ice across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Friday, just as millions of Texans grappled with the aftermath of the deadly winter blast.
But there is some good news for the beleaguered south-central U.S., including Texas: Much warmer weather is forecast for next week across the region, as temperatures slowly rebound back to their normal levels.
Billionaire Bill Gates criticized Governor Greg Abbott in interview on Wednesday
Abbott had said storm shows the Green New Deal would be a deadly deal
He later clarified that all sources of power generation in Texas had been affected
Wind shutdowns accounted for less than 13 percent of the 30 to 35 gigawatts of total outages
Natural gas, coal and even nuclear power plants were knocked out in deep freeze
Gates blamed the historic winter storm on climate changed caused by humans
On Thursday, power outages in Texas dropped below one million
Hundreds of thousands still remained without power or safe drinking water
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott continued to slam the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on Thursday for what he says are failures to prepare the state for the winter storm that has left thousands freezing in the dark without running water.