Death Toll Doubles in Texas Winter Storms; State Says 111 Killed, Mostly By Hypothermia
At a Glance The state's health department is tallying the number of lives lost during the February storms.Thirty-one deaths happened in Harris County.The total is more than Hurricane Harvey. Officials in Texas have doubled the estimated death toll from two winter storms that crippled much of the state and caused widespread power and water outages. New data released Thursday by the state health department attributes between Feb. 11 and March 5 to the extreme weather. That's more than the 103...