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Over 2.6 million people were left without power across the Deep South during the storm, adding to damage caused by the previous winter storm. [29] In an animal sanctuary in San Antonio, over a dozen animals died during the storm. The deaths were blamed to heavy snow and extreme cold due to the winter storm. [30]
City of Austin and Travis County officials estimated that the winter storm caused at least $195 billion in damage in Texas, making the winter storm the single-costliest natural disaster in the history of Texas and the United States as a whole. [20] Some insurance firms had estimated a damage total of between 195 and 295 billion dollars. [46] [47]
The marsh rice rat is the primary host of the Bayou virus (BAYV), the second-most common agent of hantavirus infections in the United States. About 16% of animals are infected and the virus is most prevalent in old, heavy males. [186] The virus may be transmitted among rice rats through bites inflicted during fights.
How winter weather can sneak up on you — and what to do The biggest health risks posed by freezing temperatures and windchill are frostbite and hypothermia , and they can happen quickly, says ...
The eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana), also known as the Florida woodrat or bush rat, is a pack rat native to the central and Eastern United States. It constructs large dens that may serve as nests for many generations and stores food in outlying caches for the winter. While widespread and not uncommon, it has declined or disappeared in ...
Here are four ways to keep your South Carolina home free of Palmetto bugs, snakes and rats during the winter months. 4 ways to keep your SC house Palmetto bug, rat and snake free during the winter ...
Severe winter weather conditions called "winter storms", can be local weather fulfilling the criteria for 24 hours, or large storm systems covering part of a continent for several days. With large, massive winter storms, weather in any part of the area covered by the extreme weather is usually called "storm"; even if meteorological criteria for ...
“If you do go off the road and get stuck, stay with your vehicle and call 911. If the roads haven’t closed, they will try to get to you.” During winter storm and blizzard conditions, stay ...