At least 16 deaths are blamed on the winter storm and record-breaking cold that’s gripped the nation’s midsection since the weekend, and another round of bad weather is in the forecast for the same region. Texas is still experiencing severe weather, with icy conditions and low temperatures, with snowy conditions expected to move into parts of the East Coast by Thursday. Nearly three million Texans were still without power Wednesday morning — down from the 4.3 million the day before — with over 100,000 without power in Oregon and Kentucky and tens of thousands more in Mississippi and Louisiana, Ohio, West Virginia and Virginia.
Colorado City, Texas Mayor Tom Boyd resigned Tuesday afternoon in the wake of criticism of a Facebook post he wrote in which he declared, in part, that “The City and County, along with power providers or any other service owes you NOTHING!” and told people who called him to complain about power and water outages to “Get off your *ss and take care of your own family!” Unlike the rest of the continental U.S., which shares two main power grids, Texas has its own independent grid that is not subject to federal oversight and regulation. As of late Tuesday, state officials could not say when grid outages would be resolved.
Winter storm continues; 16 dead, millions still without power
