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| Credit: GoFundMe "My son Edison, he's an early riser, so he kind of got to benefit from the fresh snow first... and shortly after, his sisters joined," she shared. "It was magical, and I knew all this was kind of going on around us in Houston, but... we didn't feel like at all we were in the middle of something going on in the city." Around 5 p.m., the lights in their house went out. Nguyen noted to CNN that the power outage "didn't faze us too much," as her family often played with boar...

Sylvia Cerda Salinas' children | Credit: Courtesy Sylvia Cerda For parents of children with special needs in Texas, difficult situations were made all the more challenging after an unprecedented winter storm upended their daily routines, knocking out power and prompting a scramble to safety. Millions of Texans were forced to get by without power and water for days on end, but for moms like Judith Carter and Sylvia Cerda Salinas, who both have sons with autism, the challenges posed an extra level of difficulty. Get push notifications with news, features and more. ...

| Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty As Texas continues to reel from the extreme weather that pummeled the state last week, millions of residents are still without water thanks to burst pipes and a damaged infrastructure. Nearly 8.8 million people were still under boil water notices on Monday, according to the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality, and 120,000 people had no water service at all, NBC News reported. Get push notifications with news, featur...

A Texas delivery driver says she feels "amazingly blessed" after a couple offered to let her stay at their home when her car got stuck in their yard amid the winter storm. For five nights, Chelsea Timmons stayed with Nina Richardson and Doug Condon in their home as the Lone Star State was slammed by an unprecedented winter storm, NBC affiliate KXAN reported. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow Following You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. "They have not ...

| Credit: GoFundMe The mother of a Texas boy, believed to have died in his sleep of hypothermia after his home lost power due to an unprecedented winter storm, is struggling to understand how the happy, healthy son she kissed goodnight on Monday is now gone. On Tuesday morning, just hours after playing in the snow for the first time in his young life, Cristian Pavon Pineda, 11, was found unresponsive under a pile of blankets. Get push notifications wi...