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

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

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Sylvester Turner, the mayor of Houston, had decreed to his citizens that power cuts would be made at various locations in the city over the weekend. However the tall downtown buildings remained lit. The mayor urged building owners to be empathetic during the climate crisis.

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Texas state authorities have said that as snow falls and icy wind gusts increase overnight, it is likely that several thousand homes will still have no light.

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The winter season passes while EE. UU. It carries out its process of mass vaccination against covid-19. Texas and Tennessee have closed their vaccination sites, canceling appointments for the first or second dose until further notice.

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In addition, according to ‘PowerOutage.us’, a project created to track, record and add power outages in the United States. state that apart from 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, in which he provided federal assistance to supplement state aid.

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The ‘AFP’ reported that ten people have died due to bad winter weather. Authorities advise Americans to be careful.

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The National Weather Service (NWS) reported on its website that “stronger snowstorms will continue to be possible in the southeastern U.S. until the afternoon of Thursday, February 18. There will be temperatures well below which is normal throughout the central third of the country until the weekend “

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Brownsville, a city in South Texas, bordering Mexico, had a third snowfall since 1898.

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Since Monday this Monday, February 15, warnings about the winter season have spread throughout the state of Arkansas and most of the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and western and northern Alabama, while the wave of cold it makes passage towards the northeast by valleys of Tennessee and Ohio.

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

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As explained by the correspondent of ‘El País’ in the United States, Antonia Laborde, “for the first time in its history, all the counties of Texas are under threat of winter storm, as this Monday has recorded in full width “The state is the epicenter of an unusual cold snap that plagues the southern and central United States with temperatures that had not been recorded for decades.”