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NBC News reports: More than 1.7 million customers in Texas were still without power Wednesday morning, depriving many of air conditioning during a dangerous heat wave, 48 hours after Hurricane Beryl made landfall on the Gulf Coast. The National Weather Service office in Houston said: “With power outages continuing across southeast Texas, the lack of air-conditioning will aggravate the risk …

The Associated Press reports: Power outages in Texas dropped below 1 million on Thursday morning for the first time in four days, but many people remained without electricity or safe drinking water after winter storms wreaked havoc on the state’s power grid and utilities. But Texas’ grid manager, under fire for its response to the winter storm, has warned that …