About 2.7 million households in the US state of Texas have been without electricity for three days on Wednesday. The power cuts are the result of a severe winter storm accompanied by extremely low temperatures.
For example, a temperature of -17 degrees was measured in the city of Dallas. Texas, located in the southern United States, is expected to experience historically low temperatures for days on end. It also continues to snow.
It is expected that the millions of households will not be reconnected to the power grid before the weekend. There has been much criticism of the local authorities responsible for most of the Texas power grid.
They themselves say that the power cuts are a result of the unusually low temperatures in Texas. Less natural gas can be produced to generate energy. Due to the extreme cold, the demand is much greater than the supply. In addition, the production of wind energy has also been disrupted.
The winter storm killed at least 21 people in four states. For example, a mother and her daughter died of carbon monoxide poisoning when they tried to heat their home by turning on a car engine.
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