Marie Maybou melts snow on her kitchen stove Friday in Austin, Texas.
Maybou was using the water to flush the toilets in her home after the city water stopped running.
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Cars line up in a parking lot at a food distribution point set up at Del Valle High School Saturday in Austin.
The Central Texas Food Bank handed out about 2,000 boxes of food to people in need after historic cold weather created food and water shortages.
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Cars line up at a water distribution event at the Fountain Life Center on Saturday in Houston.
Many Houston residents did not have drinkable water at their homes Saturday.
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Volunteers pack emergency distribution boxes at the Houston Food Bank on Saturday.
The Houston Food Bank is preparing thousands of emergency food boxes that will be given out to residents in need.
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Christina Beverly checks the oxygen levels of her grandmother in the dark on Saturday after winter weather caused blackouts and boil water notices in Fort Worth.
Their home had not had power since blackouts began across the state on Feb. 14, they say.
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Houston residents line up in vehicles to receive water at Butler Stadium on Sunday after the city implemented a boil water advisory following the unprecedented winter storm.
@David_Ingram@PhilMcCausland@ChicagoEl While a few states are outliers on either end, the vast majority of states are at roughly the same level, according to an @NBCNews analysis of state vaccination data.
Of the 50 states, 44 have administered 70% to 90% of the doses that have been distributed to them. (2/7)
@David_Ingram@PhilMcCausland@ChicagoEl In the states outperforming the average, state authorities have often taken a strong hand in organizing local efforts, moved quickly to get the public signed up to participate, and have leaned on nearby federal institutions for help. (3/7) nbcnews.com/news/us-news/w…
Nearly a third of all freshwater fish species are threatened by extinction, a new report by 16 conservation groups found.
Over half of the world’s freshwater species have already become extinct, with 16 disappearing in 2020 alone. (1/4) nbcnews.to/3pRbPIN
Populations of larger species, weighing more than 60 pounds, have fallen by a “catastrophic” 94%.
While freshwater fish are vital for the functioning of the world’s rivers, lakes and wetlands, millions of people also depend on them for food security and their livelihoods. (2/4)
Conservation groups point to various pressures on global freshwater fish populations, including habitat degradation, draining of rivers and threat of climate change.
Of the roughly 10,000 species whose conservation status has been assessed 30% are at risk of extinction. (3/4)
The growth of a dangerous Covid-19 variant has thrown South Africa's pandemic response into disarray, raising fears around the world that mutant strains could render the current generation of vaccines ineffective. #NBCNewsThreads (1/7) nbcnews.to/3pSMhLb
“What we are going to see is a cat-and-mouse game between virus changing and then vaccine manufacturers having to quickly change their vaccines,” says Devi Sridhar, professor of global public health at the Univ. of Edinburgh. (2/7) nbcnews.com/news/world/fig…
Signs of trouble came in October when doctors noticed a worrying rise in the number of Covid-19 infections, specifically around Nelson Mandela Bay, the eastern end of South Africa's coastline.
The variant has since been detected in more than 40 countries, including the US. (3/7)
"I used to run for health reasons," says Akeem Baker, a longtime friend of Arbery who now wears bright clothing during jogs and only runs familiar routes through neighborhoods where he's known.
"Now I run for a sense of therapy, as if I am chasing some sort of freedom."
(2/7)
"His tragic death changed everything for Black runners," says Kevin O. Davis, a member of the Plano Running Club in Texas, which has 2,000 members, almost all of them white.
Under the Biden administration, Customs and Border Protection is allowing entry to the United States for immigrants with extreme circumstances as they await their asylum hearings. #NBCNewsThreads (1/6) nbcnews.to/3aGaikE
A Nicaraguan woman with stage 3 breast cancer; a deaf Central American man who couldn’t navigate the immigration system; a Cuban man who hadn’t seen his newborn son. All were denied entry to the U.S. by fmr. President Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy. (2/6).
The Nicaraguan woman was diagnosed with cancer when she arrived at the border with her then-four-year-old daughter in October 2019. The diagnosis did not help her gain access or any special protection, even though U.S. immigration attorneys were advocating on her behalf. (3/6)