Tag: Houston
Many Texans died during storm, how many won’t be known for months
By Shawn Mulcahy | Texas Tribune
As snow blanketed much of Texas on Sunday, an 11-year-old boy in the Houston area gleefully played outside. Seeing...
Prices for lodging, necessities skyrocket amid storm
By SEAN MURPHY | Associated Press
AUSTIN — Hotel rooms for $1,000 a night. Gasoline prices spiking. Even bottled water prices doubling or tripling overnight.
Officials...
ERCOT: Texans no longer need to conserve energy
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has ended emergency conditions and said conservation is no longer necessary.
“We only request conservation from customers when we...
Massive storms, outages force tough decisions amid pandemic
DALLAS — Ashley Archer, a pregnant, 33-year-old Texas financial adviser, and her husband have been cautious about the coronavirus. They work from home, go...
Some power restored in Texas but water woes persist
AUSTIN — Power was restored to more homes and businesses in Texas on Thursday after a deadly blast of winter this week overwhelmed the...
Houston furniture store offers shelter after winter storm
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — For Tina Rios, her family and hundreds of other people, shelter from the winter storm that...
‘A complete bungle:’ Texas’ energy pride goes out with cold
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Anger over Texas' power grid failing in the face of a record winter freeze mounted...
10 deaths linked to Texas winter storm
At least 10 people have died in weather-related incidents across the Houston area, the Houston Chronicle reported earlier today.
At least one of those incidents was related...
2 million without power in Texas as snow storm slams US
By PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A sprawling blast of winter weather across the U.S. plunged Texas into...
Wintry weather blanketing US to make rare dip to Gulf Coast
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press
DALLAS (AP) — Wintry weather was forecast for much of the U.S. on Sunday, with freezing temperatures expected to dip...