winter weather

Severe weather season in North Texas runs from March through May. That is when we see the highest frequency of hail, wind and tornado events. This year is looking to be more active than normal here in North Texas and across the country.

The Dallas Short-Term Rental Alliance is offering an Emergency Short-Term Accommodations Program connecting those who need shelter to available rentals with power, heat and water. The program is open for both accommodations-seekers and accommodations-providers to sign up.

As Texas suffers from historic freezing and resulting property damage from ice and burst pipes, it is likely that individuals will seek to fraudulently profit from the attendant stress.
“Fraudsters often appear from nowhere to take advantage of natural disasters, which is what occurred in the early days of the pandemic…”

Helen and Abiey Woldemichael chose the perfect name for their daughter, who was born at 25 weeks gestation during Texas’ winter storm Uri. “Amari means miracle in Hebrew,” Abiey, 33, told TODAY Parents. “And that’s what she is.” Amari’s team of doctors agree. Helen, who wasn’t due until May 30, gave birth to Amari in the backseat of her car on the way to Baylor...

In a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday, DeAnn Walker resigned as the Chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas and is calling on others to come forward and accept their role in last month’s energy crisis.

President Joe Biden heard firsthand from Texans clobbered by this month’s brutal winter weather on Friday and pledged to stick with them “for the long haul” as he made his first trip to a major disaster area since he took office.

The catastrophic Texas blackout was a wider failure than the state’s power grid, which teetered on the brink of an even bigger collapse during a freeze that knocked out electricity to 4 million customers, energy executives said Thursday.

Lewisville waives plumbing and electrical work permit fees to assist with restoring every home in the city that was impacted by the winter storm last week.

Several municipalities around North Texas are asking residents to boil their water to eliminate bacteria as water pressure drops at treatment plants around Dallas-Fort Worth.

An Indiana man took action after seeing millions in Texas lose their power and water during the historic winter storm.

The fallout from the winter storm last week has left a lasting impact on millions of North Texans. NBC 5’s Ben Russell explains why a local clinic is offering free virtual counseling sessions for people who are struggling with the mental health toll the storm has caused.

On Thursday, managers of Texas’ power grid are expected to receive a lashing at the state Capitol in the first public hearings about the crisis. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen reports how it marks the start of what some describe as the beginning of a fact-finding mission.

The snow and ice that crippled some states across the South has melted, but it has exposed the fragility of aging waterworks that experts have been warning about for years.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott delivered a televised statewide address Wednesday night. Abbott discussed the recent power outages experienced across Texas and the state’s ongoing recovery response to the winter storm. 

Ford Motor Credit says they are allowing Texans affected by last week’s winter storms to defer car payments for up to two months. Ford said the company’s disaster relief program allows customers whose accounts qualify to delay the payments. To qualify, customers must live in a FEMA-declared disaster area and must be financing their vehicle with Ford Credit or...

As officials of Texas’ power grid defended how they managed last week’s massive power outage, another ERCOT board member stepped down Wednesday.

About 1,000 COVID-19 vaccines were lost to disruptions caused by last week’s cold wave, which a top state health official said Tuesday was a relatively small number of doses.

Just one week ago, North Texas saw temperatures of -2. Then on Tuesday, it was close to 80 degrees. Thankfully, during the cold snap, some firefighters came to the rescue of two swans who call a pond in Plano home.

President Joe Biden will visit Texas on Friday as the state begins its recovery from a devastating winter storm that caused serious damage to homes and businesses across the state and left many without power or clean water for days

Three children and their grandmother died in a house fire last week near Houston during a power outage as historic cold weather swept Texas, according to local officials, NBC News reports. Firefighters received an emergency call around 2 a.m. on Feb. 16 and arrived at Jackie Pham Nguyen’s home shortly after, only to find the structure already “engulfed” in flames,...