Workers repair broken water pipes due to blizzards in Galveston, Texas, USA on February 19, 2021 (Photo: AFP / VNA)

Toby Baker, executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, said 14.3 million in 29 million Texans were affected. The state’s authorities have given clean water and food for thousands of people.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas and Entergy said 50,000 customers are out of electricity as power grid are being repaired.

President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Texas, unlocking more federal resources to assist the state struggling to recover from deadly winter storms. Death tolls have risen to 70.

Unprecedentedly heavy snow storms have struck Texas for more than a week and put Texas in Artic conditions.