Some of the largest oil refineries have shut altogether, threatening to reduce supplies of gasoline and diesel across the country. The region’s refining complex - which produces almost half of the nation’s fuel - is struggling to limp along without power. crude prices trade above $60 a barrel for the first time in more than year. oil production has dropped by anywhere from 1.5 million to 1.7 million barrels a day, helping U.S. Grocery stores have run out of essentials including milk.īesides the human impact, the cold is wreaking havoc on the energy industry itself. In Houston, the state’s largest city, roads were iced over and people braved long lines to refill household propane canisters. Such weather conditions are extremely rare, especially in parts of Texas. HOUSTON (AP) Tropical Storm Nicholas hit the Texas coast early Tuesday as a hurricane and dumped more than a foot (30.5 centimeters) of rain along the same area swamped by Hurricane Harvey in. The family of a 24-year-old woman last seen in Houston on April 15, is pleading for help in finding her after her bloody cell phone was discovered near a park in West Houston following her. But by late Thursday, readings will drop back into the teens. Dallas, which was forecast to see a low of 2 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 17 degrees Celsius) late Monday, will reach a high of 29 by Wednesday, the National Weather Service said. hurricane harvey Looking back at all the ways JJ Watt made Houston proud off the field Hurricane-weary victims are wary despite calmer season ABC13 reunites. While temperatures are forecast to rise, the weather across the central U.S. But about 65% of those affected in Mexico had seen their power restored by midday, according to grid operator Cenace. The rest of the scene is washed with sand, which was raked over debris as the powerful surge drained back into the Gulf. In Mexico, over 4.7 million homes and businesses went dark after Texas’s shortages triggered cascading failures. Water swept ashore in the storm remains here and there, pooled in depressions.
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