Millions without power as Texas hit by winter storms

Nearly two million people were still without power in Texas, the oil and gas capital of the United States, with some facing water shortages as a deadly winter cold spell that hit the southeastern part of the country headed east.

"The Arctic air will also continue over the Plains and Mississippi Valley with temperatures of 25 to 40 degrees below average," the NWS has reported. "Water pressure is very low," Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner tweeted. "Please do not run water to keep pipes from bursting." According to PowerOutage.US, about 1.8 million customers were still without power by yesterday in Texas, the only one of the US's 48 continental states to have its own independent power grid.

Jeff Zients, the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, said the cold weather was impacting delivery and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines.

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