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Written by Associated Press on February 18, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Power was restored to more homes and businesses in Texas on Thursday after a deadly blast of winter this week overwhelmed the electrical grid and left millions shivering in the cold. But the crisis was far from over, with many people still in need of safe drinking water. Fewer than a half-million homes remained without electricity, although utility officials said limited rolling blackouts could still occur. The storms also left more than 320,000 homes and businesses without power in Louisia...

Millions of Texans are facing water shortages after the deadly winter storm ravaging the state caused pipes to burst and treatment plants to back up, disrupting services and contaminating supplies. Texas officials ordered seven million people – a quarter of the population of the nation’s second-largest state – to boil tap water before drinking it following days of record low temperatures that damaged infrastructure and froze pipes. Almost 600...

Millions of gallons have leaked from burst water pipes in just one Texas city: 'That is an incredible amount of water' Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY How to keep pipes from freezing Replay Video UP NEXT A historic cold snap in Texas left millions of residents without power in freezing weather, many of whom will soon face costly flood damage, even as rising temperatures offer a respite from the cold.  Reports of frozen and burst water pipes in Texas homes and businesses are widespread, and the upcoming thaw may further open the floodgates – quite literally, experts said...

US President Joe Biden has offered additional support through federal agencies to help authorities in Texas.

Power is coming back but the crisis was far from over in parts of the South, with many people lacking safe drinking water.