Some homes had no water at all while others watched it gush from burst pipes into their hallways and living rooms. The new storm was forecast to march toward the Mid-Atlantic states, hitting parts of North Carolina and Virginia that are already labouring under the ice from the last storm. Some died in crashes on icy roads, some succumbed to the cold and others were killed when desperate attempts at finding some warmth turned deadly. “Every source of power that the state of Texas has been compromised,” Abbott said, from coal and renewable energy to nuclear power. As another storm moves in, the state increased the number of warming centres to more than 300.

Source: bd News24 February 18, 2021 06:09 UTC