At least 20 people died last Tuesday after a winter storm swept the US
The winter storm left millions of people without power, bringing record cold weather, overwhelming electrical grids and immobilizing the southern plains.
QUICK FACTS
- The Galveston County Medical Examiner’s Office is ordering refrigerated trucks in anticipation of more fatalities in an extremely cold Texas winter storm this week.
- Single-digit temperatures have created an increase in demand for electricity to heat homes unaccustomed to these extreme drops, damaging the state’s power grid and causing widespread blackouts.
On Tuesday, three people were found dead after a tornado hit a coastal city in North Carolina. Four family members also died in a fire in a home in the Houston area while using a fireplace to keep warm.
Texas has seen the worst of power cuts in the United States, which has affected more than 2 million homes and businesses.
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