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Emergency declared in Texas as wild winter weather hits US
A frigid blast of winter weather across the US has plunged Texas into an emergency that has left more than 2 million people without power.
Key points:
- The storm is part of a massive system that has brought snow, sleet and freezing rain to the US
- US President Joe Biden has declared an emergency in Texas
- A facility storing COVID-19 vaccines is among the sites that have been affected by power outages
The storm is part of a massive system that has brought snow, sleet and freezing rain to the nation’s Southern Plains region. It is also spreading across the Ohio Valley and the country’s north-east.
US President Joe Biden has declared an emergency in Texas, which intends to add federal aid to state and local response efforts.
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