“This forecast for icy weather is a real threat for widespread power outages,” Cooper said in his statement. “People need to be ready to stay home and be prepared to lose power for a while, especially in the northern, western and Piedmont counties,” he added. ...
Marty Miles, the general manager of a hotel group in Galveston, Texas, says that water just got back to full pressure in his main hotel last night. “We took as many guests as we felt we could and still provide safe service,” he said, as demand was overwhelming with residents tryin...
Mark Henry, Galveston County’s judge, asked the state early in the week to send a refrigerated truck requested by the local medical examiner, who expected an influx of bodies. “If they had been honest with us from the beginning, we would have ordered evacuations. But they...
“This forecast for icy weather is a real threat for widespread power outages,” Cooper said in his statement. “People need to be ready to stay home and be prepared to lose power for a while, especially in the northern, western and Piedmont counties,” he added. The statement said ...
In some locations, residents have been without power for several days. Millions of homes have had their power restored since the peak of the outages and nearly 300 warming centers have been opened across the state. For the first time in more than four days, the energy emergency that caused ...
Water distribution to residents will begin Friday morning at 10 a.m. local time at the parking lot of Schlitterbahn located at 2109 Lockheed Street in Galveston, and the Island Community Center, 4700 Broadway in Galveston. Supplies will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis. T...