{"id":131566,"date":"2021-02-14T22:20:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T03:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=131566"},"modified":"2021-02-14T22:27:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T03:27:43","slug":"federal-emergency-declared-in-texas-amidst-severe-winter-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-emergency-declared-in-texas-amidst-severe-winter-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Emergency Declared In Texas Amidst Severe Winter Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffederal-emergency-declared-in-texas-amidst-severe-winter-weather%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=131566&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Abbott.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration for Texas on Sunday in response to Governor Greg Abbott\u2019s request and warning on Saturday that residents across every part of the state would face freezing temperatures and \u201cextremely harsh\u201d winter weather in the coming days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Under the federal emergency declaration, the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will coordinate relief efforts designed to alleviate \u201chardship and suffering\u201d caused by the winter weather conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency. Emergency protective measures for mass care and sheltering and direct federal assistance will be provided at 75 percent federal funding,\u201d said the Biden administration in a statement Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/discussions\/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd\"><span>National Weather Service<\/span><\/a><span>, more than 120 million Americans are currently under \u201cWinter Storm Warnings, Ice Storm Warnings, Winter Storm Watches, or Winter Weather Advisories,\u201d as a result of strong \u201cwinter weather\u201d across the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Abbott, who issued a disaster declaration Friday, warned earlier this weekend that the coming storm would be \u201cunprecedented\u201d in Texas history, and that it \u201ccould make movement virtually impossible\u201d in parts of the state, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kwtx.com\/2021\/02\/13\/gov-abbott-warns-texans-to-brace-for-winter-storm-unprecedented-in-texas-history\/\">KWTX<\/a>. \u201cThe temperature will go so low and remain so low for so long, it means there will be many roads across the state that will be extremely dangerous and treacherous to drive on,\u201d even with road treatments, said Abbott.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cStay off the roads, take conscious steps to conserve energy, and avoid dangerous practices like bringing generators indoors or heating homes with ovens or stovetops,\u201d warned Abbot in a statement Saturday. \u201cOur emergency response to this winter weather requires a collective approach between state agencies, local officials, and Texans throughout our communities to ensure the safety and security of the Lone Star State.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Texas Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and John Cornyn (R-TX) emphasized the importance of approving the governor\u2019s request for an emergency declaration in a joint statement on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Governor and local officials have informed us that the severity and magnitude of the storm is beyond the response capabilities of the state and local government. Prolonged sub-freezing temperatures, strained energy capacity, and treacherous roadways are just a few of the current dangers faced by all Texans. In the last three days, there have been 11 crash-related fatalities as road conditions deteriorate. More than 23,000 Texans have lost power, and frozen pipes have impacted water distribution across the state,\u201d the two Texas senators said, according to a local news report shared by Cruz on Twitter. \u201cWe respectfully urge you to approve the Governor\u2019s request for Public Assistance Category B and Direct Federal Assistance for all 254 Texas counties.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Entire State Of Texas Under Winter Storm Warning<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Sunday, U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn asked President Joe Biden to approve the federal declaration request.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xXPHO0rYSI\">https:\/\/t.co\/xXPHO0rYSI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1361105396816035841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration for Texas on Sunday in response to Governor Greg Abbott\u2019s request and warning on Saturday that residents across every part of the state &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893446,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6322,4682,4469,3974,4471,3694],"class_list":["post-131566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-amidst","tag-declared","tag-emergency","tag-federal","tag-severe","tag-texas"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}