![]() ![]() (MORE: Here's When the South Will Finally Thaw After Record-Smashing Cold, Snow and Ice ) Delays, including a stop after nearly sliding into an oncoming car on an icy road, meant the usual five-hour trip took about seven. On Tuesday, they set out for her mom's house 290 miles north in Midland. There was really no other choice that we had." We can’t boil pool water for my newborn.' So I just told my husband that we needed to get out of there. "I think the moment of desperation was when we looked out the window and we saw people getting water from the pool," Garcia said. ![]() They went to gas stations and grocery stores in search of bottled water to make formula for their baby, but came up empty. Garcia told Wednesday that the family rented a hotel room, but there was no water there, either. The temperature inside dropped to 40 degrees. “I cannot do this.”ĭenysea Garcia, her husband and two-month old baby lost power and water in their apartment in Eagle Pass, on the Mexico border in Southwest Texas, at 1 a.m. “To go through all of that and then also to have stuff like this happen, it’s like, ‘One more historical event, and I’m going to develop PTSD,’” Brianna Blake, 31, a mother of two sons, told the Texas Tribune. The back to back storms, combined with the year-long coronavirus pandemic that hit Texas worse than many other states, are pushing residents to their limits. President Joe Biden declared a federal emergency. Temperatures were expected to be well below freezing again Wednesday night.įEMA was sending generators, fuel and other supplies to the state. Hobby Airport was shut down for the rest of the day due to lack of water. "Conserving water will allow us to save water for firefighting operations and other life-safety items," the Office of Emergency Management tweeted. Officials asked that water be conserved for essential use only. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, who oversees emergency management, called the combined water and power outages " a nightmare." Hidalgo said all residents should assume they are under a boil water notice. Those without power – 293,000 homes and business in Harrison County alone as of Wednesday evening – were being told to use bottled water. In many areas, including the city of Houston, those with water are being advised to boil it before drinking. This will not improve until more power is restored." "Water utilities are struggling to operate in light of the state power issues. "Nearly (all) parts of the county are experiencing low water pressure - or have none at all," the agency tweeted. Harris County Office of Emergency Management said the water issues were due to the ongoing power outages as well as burst pipes. Houston residents woke up Wednesday morning with little or no water pressure, on top of a third day of widespread power outages that have left millions without heat amid frigid temperatures, ice and snow. ![]() (MORE: The Latest Winter Storm Forecast ) The deaths are just one part of the disaster unfolding in several states, especially Texas, where millions of residents faced another night without power or water. In all, the Associated Press says at least 30 people have died in weather-related incidents this week. Over the weekend, four people died from carbon monoxide poisoning in Oregon. Other deaths included vehicle crashes in Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri, a man who slipped and fell on ice in Louisiana, a man who fell through ice in Oklahoma, a child who fell through ice in Tennessee and three people who died in a tornado Monday night in North Carolina. Three people are believed to have died from the cold, and another in a car crash. Most recently, Kentucky State Police said a 61-year-old woman who was running a generator indoors died of carbon monoxide poisoning and police in Lafayette, Louisiana, said a 74-year-old woman died after she wandered away from her home in the frigid temperatures.Īt least 10 people in Texas have died in weather-related incidents since Sunday, including a mother and a child due to carbon monoxide poisoning in Houston, and a mother and three children killed in a house fire in Sugar Land. this week have claimed dozens of lives in at least eight states, as people succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning, died in car crashes, slipped on dangerous ice and fell victim to other hazards of the extremely dangerous weather. Back-to-back winter storms making their way across the U.S. ![]()
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