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This is the terrifying moment a dog in Texas plunges into a freezing swimming pool after freezing conditions hit southern US states. The dog’s owner, Dan Holmes of Southlake, Texas, was forced to venture onto the ice to rescue his pet, Christi, an Australian Shepherd dog. According to the footage, Christi walked onto the frozen … Read more
Hospitals in Texas are EVACUATED as patients are left without water or heat and staff are left to clean toilets with trash bags At least two hospitals have been evacuated as Texas grapples with power outages since a winter storm earlier this week crippled its electric grid St. David’s South Austin Medical Center and Dell … Read more
The race is on to restore power to millions of Texans facing subzero temperatures Wednesday as stunning infrared images taken from space show just how far the blackouts have stretched. More than 3million people in the state are still without power for the fourth day in a row – and for the vast majority, it … Read more
For the first time this year, no state in the country saw an average of more than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases over the past seven days, it was reported on Tuesday, in the latest encouraging sign in pandemic progress. The COVID Tracking Project found that every single state is showing a decline in numbers compared to January. … Read more
Texas may be the energy powerhouse of the US, but it has not held up to its name after historic freezing conditions froze the state’s power facilities and mainly its 10,700 wind turbines. Sweden, which is known for its colder climate, has offered the Lone Star State some advice to keep the wings moving no … Read more
All across the northern hemisphere from Athens, Greece, to Athens, Texas, snowfalls have blanketed streets and temperatures have plunged to freezing in places where winter usually requires no more than a jacket. Snow has covered nearly three quarters of the United States, to an average depth of six inches, compared to 35.5 per cent last year … Read more
The massive sprawl of winter storm Uri put COVID-19 vaccinations on hold in nearly half of US states this week. At least 22 had to delay or cancel vaccination appointments, Oregon health officials are quietly shuttling doses from storage facility to another and Kentucky paired each COVID-19 vaccine storage site with a generator. And Harris … Read more
More than 3.5 million Texans are still without power as the death toll from the winter storm which has wreaked havoc across the United States hit 23 Tuesday night. The record-breaking cold weather claimed more lives Tuesday, including four family members who perished in a Houston-area house fire while using a fireplace to stay warm and a … Read more
All across the northern hemisphere from Athens, Greece, to Athens, Texas, snowfalls have blanketed streets and temperatures have plunged to freezing in places where winter usually requires no more than a jacket. Around the North Pole, winter’s ultra-cold air is usually kept bottled up 15 to 30 miles high. That’s the polar vortex, which spins … Read more
‘Get off your a** and take care of your own family’: Texas mayor quits after calling snowed-in residents ‘lazy’ and attacking them for complaining about power outages as he warns ‘the weak will perish’ Tim Boyd was mayor of Colorado City, 220 miles west of Dallas, until Tuesday He attacked the town’s 4,000 residents on … Read more