Millions in US without power after winter storm slams country

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According to local media and police reports at least 12 people have died across the country in weather-related deaths.

In Houston, Texas a woman and a child died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Local police said a car was apparently used to heat a garage attached to their home causing the poisonous fumes.

A house fire in a neighbourhood that was without power in Sugar Land, Texas killed a grandmother and three children. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, a city spokesperson told local news station KHOU 11.

Residents of Texas have been outraged at the massive power grid failure in their state, with Governor Greg Abbott announcing an investigation into the state power authority on Tuesday.

"Far too many Texans are without power and heat for their homes as our state faces freezing temperatures and severe winter weather," Abbott tweeted. "This is unacceptable." 

, Feb. 17 (BNA): Millions of Americans were without power on Tuesday after a winter storm slammed parts of the central, southern and eastern US.

In Texas, over 3.2 million people are still without power, along with hundreds of thousands of people in West Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana and Oklahoma.

Winter Storm Uri saw temperatures plummet to lows of minus 17 degrees Celsius as many people struggle to stay warm without power, Deutsche press agency (dpa) reported.

According to local media and police reports at least 12 people have died across the country in weather-related deaths.

In Houston, Texas a woman and a child died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Local police said a car was apparently used to heat a garage attached to their home causing the poisonous fumes.

A house fire in a neighbourhood that was without power in Sugar Land, Texas killed a grandmother and three children. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, a city spokesperson told local news station KHOU 11.

Residents of Texas have been outraged at the massive power grid failure in their state, with Governor Greg Abbott announcing an investigation into the state power authority on Tuesday.

"Far too many Texans are without power and heat for their homes as our state faces freezing temperatures and severe winter weather," Abbott tweeted. "This is unacceptable."