Elected officials in Texas say the state should help pay some of the eye-watering electricity bills sent to residents after the devastating and deadly winter storm that caused widespread blackouts.
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Governor Greg Abbott today held a press conference in San Antonio where he provided an update on the state s efforts to provide water and other resources to Texans across the state.
The press conference was held at Port San Antonio, where members of the National Guard were unloading water and other resources to distribute to communities in Texas.
Abbott noted that power and water are continuing to be restored throughout Texas and that multiple state agencies are working together to ensure communities have access to water, food, and other resources as communities begin to recover from the severe winter storm.
Devastation from winter storm that wreaked havoc in Texas felt across North America
As millions in Texas were left without power, food, clean water or shelter into the weekend, the record-breaking winter weather which hit last weekend left devastation across North America. Nightly below-freezing temperatures gripped cities in northern Mexico, particularly those on the border of Texas, while the provinces of Quebec and Ontario in Canada have been hit by two powerful snowstorms last week alone. The impact of these events internationally has proven disastrous, as power blackouts, road and school closures and deaths continue.
A review of the trajectory of Winter Storm Uri, as it has unofficially been named by the Weather Channel, shows its broad impact. Starting on February 13, a frontal storm off the coast of the Pacific Northwest started to spread southeast at a rapid speed culminating above the Rocky Mountains on the same day. As it moved further south and southeast, the storm began