Life In Texas Is Perilous After Arctic Weather Slams The Region

Texas Public Radio | By Joey Palacios

Published February 17, 2021 at 7:20 AM EST

There are still millions of people in Texas without electricity because of the Arctic blast that dipped into the Deep South. An unknown number died and there are more problems in the coming days.

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