Carbon monoxide poisonings spike in winter storm-battered Texas By: CNN
By Maria Morava and Saeed Ahmed, CNN (CNN) Power outages in Texas have forced many to seek warmth in unconventional ways.
People are using their grills, cars and generators to heat their homes and carbon monoxide poisonings are spiking because of it.
As of Tuesday, at least 300 cases and two fatalities related to carbon monoxide were reported in Harris County, according to Judge Lina Hidalgo in an update from the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
Hidalgo called the poisonings a disaster within a disaster, adding that the numbers coming out of Harris County are just the tip of the iceberg.
N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy to provide winter storm update. How to watch live today. (Feb. 18, 2021)
Updated Feb 18, 2021;
Gov. Phil Murphy will hold a 9 a.m. press conference on Thursday to provide updates on a winter storm that will lash a winter-weary New Jersey with up to 8 more inches of snow as well as freezing rain, sleet and light ice by Friday.
The press conference at the state’s traffic management center on King Georges Post Road in the Fords section of Woodbridge will be streamed on the governor’s YouTube.com channel.
Murphy will be joined by Department of Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, State Police Superintendent Colonel Pat Callahan, state Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness director Jared Maples and state Board of Public Utilities president Joseph Fiordaliso.
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