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Winter Storm 2021

Texas puts final estimate of winter storm death toll at 246

Officials added 36 to the estimate of lives lost in the disaster, which knocked out power in much of the state. Some experts place the toll even higher.

An ice and snow covered alley in South Austin after a freezing rain storm rolled through the area on Feb. 17, 2021.

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