Firefighters near San Antonio had to truck in water Thursday to battle a blaze that devastated an apartment building because hydrants were frozen, a fire chief says.
Residents take refuge at a shelter after record-breaking winter temperatures in Galveston, Texas, on Thursday.
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Volunteers hand out meals at a Salvation Army facility after winter weather caused electricity blackouts in Plano, Texas, on Thursday.
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Snacks are served with words of encouragement at a Salvation Army facility, which held a shelter after winter weather caused electricity blackouts in Plano, Texas, on Thursday.
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Texas homeless population seeks refuge amid bone-chilling temperatures.
"Everyone is struggling right now, especially those who are sleeping outside."
People wait for the Randall's grocery store to open as they look to purchase essentials Friday in Austin, Texas.
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Makeshift insulation surrounds a faucet in Houston as the city remains under a boil water advisory following an unprecedented winter storm Friday.
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Jim Curtis helps a woman search for a way to shut off her water after she found a leak following an unprecedented winter storm in Houston on Friday.
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Mark Majkrzak gives out bottles of Rain Pure Mountain Spring Water to people in need in Austin, Texas, on Friday.
Majkrzak, the founder of the company, said he drove from Georgia to deliver the water.
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Cars line up at a water distribution site Friday in Houston.
The drive-thru location was set up to provide water to individuals who need it while the city remains under a boil water notice.
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Cases of water are loaded into cars at a City of Houston water distribution site on Friday.
The city remains under a boil water notice.
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A police vehicle travels along a closed 10-lane section of Interstate 410 on Friday in San Antonio.
Many roads, highways and interstates remain closed to icy conditions.
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Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner Jack Cagle hands out water at a distribution site Friday in Houston.
The city remains under a boil water notice.
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Cars line up at a food distribution site run by West Houston Assistance Ministries on Friday after winter weather caused food and clean water shortages in Houston.
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Workers of West Houston Assistance Ministries bring food packages to those in need at a food distribution site after winter weather caused food and clean water shortages in Houston.
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Cars line up to receive free water at Delmar Stadium in Houston on Friday.
Many Houston residents still do not have drinkable water at their homes and are relying on city water giveaways.
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“I don’t want to be a hostage in this jail villa, I just want to be free,” Princess Latifa says in a video, one of several released by the BBC appearing to show her in a barricaded home in Dubai.
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People wait in line to fill propane tanks Wednesday in Houston.
Customers waited over an hour in freezing rain.
Millions in Texas still had no power after a historic snowfall and single-digit temperatures created a surge of demand for electricity.
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Woman rests inside a Gallery Furniture store that opened as a shelter Wednesday in Houston after millions lost power due to historic low temperatures across Texas.
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