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President Joe Biden visits the Harris County Emergency Operations Center in Houston following the crisis, February 25, 2021 On February 14, President Biden declared that an emergency existed in the State of Texas, authorizing the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide emergency assistance ...
The February 15–20, 2021 North American winter storm, also unofficially referred to as Winter Storm Viola, or to some as simply The North Texas Freeze, was a significant and widespread snow and ice storm across much of the United States, Northern Mexico, and Southern Canada.
On February 7, 2021 Uranium City, Saskatchewan, equaled their all time coldest temperature of −48.9 °C (−56.0 °F) previously recorded on January 15, 1974. [13] In Winnipeg, Manitoba , the high temperature did not rise above −20.0 °C (−4.0 °F) for 9 consecutive days, the longest period since 1996. [ 14 ]
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[5] [6] According to a BuzzFeed study in May 2021, based on the excess mortalities in Texas in February 2021, the actual death toll of the winter storm may range from 426 to 978 in Texas, with a mean estimate of 702, which would add hundreds of deaths to the official death toll, if verified. [44]
Williamson County Constable Paul Leal has received an award for sheltering 23 people in his own home during the deadly February 2021 freeze in Texas.
More than a year after the historic freeze of 2021, many Concho Valley residents still face decisions on whether to remove or prune damaged trees. Impact of 2021's historic freeze can still be ...
Federal disaster relief and recovery was brought under the umbrella of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in 1973 by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973, [11] and the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration was created as an organizational unit within the department. This agency would oversee disasters until ...