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Frustrated Texans lined up for hours on Friday for safe drinking water, after an unprecedented and deadly “polar plunge” burst pipes and left millions in the US state shivering without power or clean water for days. The extreme winter weather system wreaked havoc across much of the southern and central US this week, reportedly killing at least 40 people and igniting anger in Texas as authorities scrambled to turn the lights back on. Houston resident Percy McGee rated his frustration level at “No. 10” as he waited his turn at the city’s Delmar Stadium, now a mass bottled water distrib...

Frustrated Texans queued for hours for safe drinking water Friday, after an unprecedented and deadly "polar plunge" burst pipes and left millions in the US stat

Lights come back on in Texas as water woes rise in the South | 2021/02/19

State officials said they requested the EPA provide two mobile labs to assist with water sample testing.

Power comes back for most in Texas, but other problems pile up Phil Helsel and Saphora Smith and Wilson Wong and Suzanne Gamboa and Antonia Hylton and Dennis Romero © Provided by NBC News Millions don't have safe water at home, and residents looking for groceries or bottled water said they arrived to stores with bare shelves and long lines. The latest on the storm: President Joe Biden said Friday that he expects to sign federal disaster aid for Texas once the governor's request reaches his desk and that he planned to visit Texas next week if it was not "a burden."