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According to the National Weather Service (NWS), cold temperatures caused thermometers to drop -12 ° C in Austin, the state capital of Texas. This is the lowest temperature in the month of February, which is usually characterized by snowfall and icy winds.

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According to the AFP agency, the storms have already left more than two million homes in Texas without electricity, which have also hit northern Mexico.

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Sylvester Turner, the mayor of Houston, had ordered his citizens that there would be power outages in several places in the city over the weekend. However, the tall buildings in the center remained lit. The mayor urged building owners to be empathetic during the climate crisis.

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Texas state authorities have said that if the snow subsides and the icy gusts of wind increase overnight, it is likely that thousands of homes will still have no power.

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The winter season is happening while the US is conducting its mass vaccination process against Covid-19. Texas and Tennessee have closed their vaccination sites and canceled appointments for the first or second dose until further notice.

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Also according to ‘PowerOutage.us’, a project set up to detect, record and aggregate power outages in the United States. He said that in addition to Texas, more than 700,000 people were without electricity in the states of Oregon, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kentucky and Mississippi.

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On Sunday, February 14, President Joe Biden signed an emergency declaration for Texas, providing federal aid in addition to state aid.

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The ‘AFP’ reported that ten people died due to bad winter weather. Authorities advise Americans to exercise caution.

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National Weather Service (NWS) reported on its website that “stronger snowstorms may continue in the southeastern US until Thursday afternoon, February 18. Until the weekend, temperatures will be well below normal in the central third of the country “

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Brownsville, a southern Texas town bordering Mexico, had snow for the third time since 1898.

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As of Monday, February 15, winter season warnings have extended to the entire state of Arkansas and most states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and western and northern Alabama, as the cold snap makes its way northeast through the Tennessee and Ohio valleys.

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The ‘AFP’ reported that some airports and oil refineries have been closed and that car accidents have increased.

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As explained by ‘El País’ correspondent in the United States, Antonia Laborde,’ for the first time in their history, all counties of Texas are threatened by a winter storm as temperatures recorded across the width this Monday. of their territory below zero. The state is the epicenter of an unusual cold snap hitting the southern and central United States with temperatures unrecorded for decades.