Covid-Battered Texas Faces Costly Recovery After Winter Storm
Basics remain scarce in some parts of Texas, and many already battered by a year of the coronavirus now face a costly recovery.
What a Texas Plumber Faces Now: A State Full of Burst Pipes
- Data Covid-19 USA — Since a winter storm and hard freeze swept through the state last week, knocking out power and heat, homeowners have swamped plumbers with urgent repair calls.
Texas Winter Storm: What to Know
Power outages and no running water have left Texas and other parts of the South still feeling the effects of a deep freeze that swept the region earlier this week.
Texas Water Crisis: Frozen Pipes, Cracked Wells and Offline Treatment Plants
Electricity was restored to most Texans who had lost power after a winter storm, but water systems for nearly two-thirds of residents were disrupted, leaving millions without drinkable water.
Texas Hospitals Hard Hit by Covid Struggle Without Power and Water
The state’s power failure has plunged some hospitals into crisis, even as they are still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.
Desperate for Light and Warmth, Texans See No End for Winter Storm
In central Texas, where many roads have already been impassible for days, another barrage of sleet and snow was expected late into Wednesday evening.
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- Biden White House: message discipline, no news conference
WASHINGTON — No news conference. No Oval Office address. No primetime speech to a joint session of Congress. President Joe Biden is the first executive in four decades to reach this point in his term without holding a formal question and answer session. It reflects…