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Nearly 200 People Died In February’s Winter Storm, Double The State’s Initial Estimate

KWBU | By Texas Standard
Published April 6, 2021 at 10:45 AM CDT
Julia Reihs/KUT
A car remains untouched on Zennia Street in Austin throughout a winter storm on Feb. 16, 2021.

“Most of these deaths were preventable. Most of them were attributable to the fact that Texas simply could not insure that electricity would stay on during a severe winter weather event.”
Texas News