January 6, 2022
A new report from the Texas Department of State Health Services confirms a final death count from the February 2021 Winter Storm Uri and the subsequent collapse of the Texas electric power grid. The DHS reports 246 winter storm-related deaths …
July 15, 2021
State officials on July 13 added 59 deaths to the toll wrought by the Feb. 14 cold wave and the ensuing collapse of the Texas electric power grid. The deaths newly tallied by the Texas Department of State Health Services …
March 25, 2021
At least 111 Texans died as a result of the February 2021 winter storm, according to updated numbers released on March 25 by the state Department of State Health Services. The newly revised number is nearly twice what the department …
March 17, 2021
At least 57 people died in Texas as a result of the mid-February 2021 winter storm, according to preliminary data the state health department released March 15. The largest number of deaths — at least 25 — occurred in Harris …