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A view of high voltage transmission towers on February 21, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Millions of Texans lost their power when winter storm Uri hit the state and knocked out coal, natural gas and nuclear plants that were unprepared for the freezing temperatures brought on by the storm. Wind turbines that provide an estimated 24 percent of energy to the state became inoperable when they froze. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Another power crisis in Texas?

Erin Douglas, Mitchell Ferman - The Texas Tribune

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People evacuate a neighborhood inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Houston, Texas (AP/Charlie Riedel)

Harvey, Trump and racism

Chauncey DeVega
Protestors stand outside the White House at the end of Saturday's Women's March on Washington (Alli Joseph)

Verbal and actual storms hit

AP Staff
Michelle Wolfe, who had to evacuate her nearby mobile home, looks out toward flooded vineyards in the Russian River Valley, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Forestville, Calif. (AP/Eric Risberg)

From drought to storm

Paul Rosenberg

Storm throws train cars

David Ferguson
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