BREAKING: Texas now has the fewest available ICU beds it's had during entire COVID-19 pandemic.
As of Tuesday, state data showed there to be 329 staffed hospital beds left. Central Texas is down to only two staffed beds 1/ atxne.ws/3xyINBv
With so few ICU beds left in the region and coronavirus cases on the rise, Austin-Travis County health officials are encouraging masks, social distancing and vaccinations for residents 2/ atxne.ws/3xyINBv
According to data, among the total hospitalized patients more than 80% are not vaccinated 3/ atxne.ws/3xyINBv
Read @LuzMorenoLozano's full in-depth reporting on case and hospitalization numbers in Central Texas, here: atxne.ws/3xyINBv 4/4
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BREAKING: ERCOT is asking Austin Energy to shed even more power amid mass outages 1/ atxne.ws/3dhLKA3
Local officials warn doing so could mean pulling the plug on circuits used to power critical infrastructure such as hospitals and emergency response stations 2/ atxne.ws/3dhLKA3
BREAKING: Nearly 40% of Austin Energy homes are still without power Monday after attempted "rolling blackouts" ordered by Texas power grid operators were not successfully executed 1/ atxne.ws/37io5M2
"...we maxed out on all of the available circuits that we had to disconnect. So because we're at at max limit, there's no more energy that we can shut off at this time to bring these customers back on," @austinenergy said during a press conference 2/ atxne.ws/37io5M2
BREAKING: Nearly half of Texas' wind power generation capacity has been offline because of frozen wind turbines in West Texas, grid operators report 1/ atxne.ws/37gdNMh
Typically wind farms across the state generate up to a combined 25,100 megawatts of energy.
Fortunately, the storm's gusty winds are spinning the state's unfrozen coastal turbines at a higher rate than normal, helping to offset some of the power loss 2/ atxne.ws/37gdNMh
In Austin, wind power supplies roughly 19% of the city's energy demands, @brand4on reports.
The frozen turbines come as low temperatures strain the state's power grid and force operators to call for immediate statewide conservation efforts 3/ atxne.ws/37gdNMh
H-E-B locations across Texas will close early in coming days amid the uncharacteristically severe winter weather hitting the state.
The news comes as reports of long lines, crowded stores and empty shelves abound on Twitter 1/ atxne.ws/3d5K906
In Austin and Central Texas stores will open at 6 a.m. tomorrow and close at 7 p.m.. On Monday, stores will open at 9 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.
You can view a full list of hours and locations, here: atxne.ws/3d5K906 2/
If the reduced hours have you considering a curbside or delivery order, those might also be more difficult to come by in the next few days 3/ atxne.ws/3d5K906