Texas Crisis: President Joe Biden declares major disaster for Texas

The once-in-century arctic outbreak in the nation’s heartland is terrible. Conditions resulted in the power grid. President Biden has declared a major disaster for Texas. Amid the blame game, innocents are suffering due to this wild storm.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, on Saturday, announced President has approved a major disaster declaration for Texas as the state grapples with widespread power outages and water shortages amid freezing winter conditions.

Millions of Texans have struggled with power outages and more than half the state is experiencing disrupted water service with boil-water notices in effect.

The14 million people in Texas were told to boil their water as of Friday because parts of the state’s water supply might be contaminated.

Alison Silverstein, an independent energy consultant and former strategic advisor for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, anticipated 20 million more could be forced to boil water.

In addition to the major disaster declaration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday issued an emergency fuel waiver for Texas. The waiver, effective immediately, permits the state to temporarily forgo certain fuel standards to combat gas shortages in impacted areas.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) said on Friday that it returned to normal conditions and restored power for millions of customers. More than 78,000 people in Texas still didn’t have power as of 10:30 a.m. ET Saturday morning.

The federal government has already approved emergency declarations for Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana and has sent supplies like generators, blankets, water, and meals to Texas last week.

Biden plans to visit Texas as soon as next week to assess the federal response.