With the snow and ice clearing in Texas after days of unusually cold temperatures, bodies are being found of people who likely froze to death as they struggled to stay warm after electricity was cut to millions of homes
12 million still under boil orders in Texas as weather crisis impacts every aspect of life
Hospitals running out of supplies, store shelves empty
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Late Friday morning, the operators of Texas electrical grid announced that for the first time in about five days, the grid was operating normally and able to provide power to the entire state.
The number of people without power in Texas continues to drop. But as of 3:30 p.m. ET on Friday, there are still nearly 165,000 homes and businesses in the state that are still without power nearly a week after winter storms knocked large swaths of the grid offline.
Jimmy Kimmel joins ABC13 campaign to help Texas winter storm victims
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Jimmy Kimmel Live! gave victims in need a big boost Thursday night during its opening monologue.
Jimmy Kimmel devoted the beginning of Thursday s show to the headlines unfolding in Texas, as thousands are still struggling with power and water outages, in addition to damage from burst pipes days after two winter storms hit the state.
Kimmel also gave ABC13 Houston s campaign benefiting storm victims a lift, asking his audience to
text ABC13 to 41444 to donate directly to Houston Food Bank. Anyone who texts that number can contribute a gift of any amount.
Central California Blood Center asking for blood donations to assist Texas winter storm victims
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) While the winter storms continue to impact millions throughout Texas, the Central Valley is aiming to help.
The Central California Blood Center says the need for blood has quickly grown. Officials added that the Central Valley is critically low in blood donations and needs more in order to send units to Texas. As we look to support our blood banking partners across the nation, we re relying on the support from our Valley residents, says Christopher Staub, President and CEO of the Central California Blood Center.
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Nearly 2.6 million homes and businesses in Texas are still without power Wednesday amid freezing temperatures, a full two days after winter storms overtaxed the stateâs power grid.
According to PowerOutages.us 2.6 million customers in the state are still without power. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the stateâs electricity regulation body, still has the state in a Level 3 Alert â the highest emergency level.
That emergency level involves rotating blackouts in the hopes of conserving energy as the grid struggles to produce enough power.
ERCOT has not provided a timetable as to when the blackouts could end. The current cold snap is expected to remain in effect for the next few days before breaking up over the weekend, meaning the electrical grid will continue to be overtaxed.