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As a winter storm rolls into Austin, several local groups and volunteers are mobilizing to help the city's homeless make it through another freeze.

Austin won't emerge from freezing temperatures at all on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service forecast.

"Every person has a role to play in supporting folks who are living outside," ECHO spokesperson Chris Davis said.

Austinites trudge through the aftermath of the first of a series of winter storms that have pummeled the state since Sunday, disrupting power and water supplies for hundreds of thousands of Central Texans. (Photo by John Anderson) By Wednesday night, most of Austin was dealing with four overlapping crises: the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the arrival of winter storms that brought the coldest weather in decades, the near collapse of the state electricity grid, and water system failures that forced a citywide boil water notice. Each of these helped make the others worse. Whil...

As severe winter storms cover much of the United States and parts of the South experience sub-zero temperatures, residents across the nation have been eager to do whatever they can to help.