Winter storm Uri sparks energy crisis: Cold blast freezes natural gas pipelines and wind turbines, 5 MILLION are left without power and electricity and oil prices surge to record highs
The rare deep freeze continues to wreak havoc on the energy industry with Texas oil wells and refineries halted and restrictions enforced on natural gas and crude pipeline operators
Suppliers from Texas to North Dakota have now also been forced to impose unprecedented rolling blackouts because of higher power demand in a bid to prevent the collapse of their networks
In Texas, wind turbines - which account for a fifth of the state s energy - have frozen solid and contributed to the state s power woes with temperatures plummeting to a bitter -20F
A sprawling blast of winter weather across the U.S. plunged Texas into an unusually snowy emergency Monday that knocked out power for more than 2 million people, shut down grocery stores and air travel and closed schools ahead of frigid days still to come.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) A sprawling blast of winter weather across the U.S. plunged Texas into an unusually snowy emergency Monday that knocked out power for mor
Residents across the Heights, Garden Oaks, Oak Forest, and North Houston woke up Monday morning to streets blanketed in snow and ice, and in some cases frozen pipes and power