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Texas disaster: Polar vortex plunges Lone Star state into wintry nightmare without power, water and answers Larry McShane It was the winter weather nightmare nobody in Texas saw coming, a Lone Star catastrophe of unprecedented power outages and failed water systems and a still-rising death toll of at least two dozen. At the nadir of the deep freeze that began last Sunday, 4 million Texans lost electricity as the statewide power grid teetered and nearly collapsed — dodging by seconds a nightmare scenario of widespread blackouts lasting for months. The state’s water supply b...

At the nadir of the deep freeze that began last Sunday, 4 million Texans lost electricity as the statewide power grid teetered and nearly collapsed — dodging by seconds a nightmare scenario of widespread blackouts lasting for months.

As Texas suffered through days of power outages, a man reportedly froze to death in his recliner with his wife clinging to life beside him.

An estimated 13 million people in the southern state were under boil water notices Thursday afternoon as officials responded to the winter storm that triggered power and water outages.

A Texas man froze to death in his reclining chair Wednesday, according to a report.