Historic cold leaves Texas residents without water, electricity

Empty shelves are seen at snack section in Fiesta supermarket after winter weather caused food and clean watermore

Employees of the city of Houston pass out free cases of water after the city of Houston implemented a boil watmore

Cars make lines at a food distribution site run by West Houston Assistance Ministries after winter weather caumore

Food packages are seen ready to give out to those who are in need at a food distribution site run by West Housmore

Contractors remove material from a ceiling in a recently purchased home that sustained water damage due to busmore

Tyler Riese, a plumber, reaches underneath a house to investigate a pipe, which burst after freezing, followinmore

Tyler Riese, a plumber, fixes a pipe, which burst after freezing, following an unprecedented winter storm in Hmore

Makeshift insulation surrounds a faucet as the city of Houston remains under a boil water advisory in Houston,more

A car idles in a driveway on Jordan Drive, a street with no power in the early morning in Corpus Christi, Texamore

A shopper at an H-E-B Plus! supermarket faces empty shelves in the Flour Bluff neighborhood of Corpus Christi,more

Guyler Antoine rests at a shelter run by the Salvation Army after winter weather caused electricity blackouts more

Indy Lee, a volunteer at the Salvation Army, readies a meal to be served as an increased number of people seekmore

A general view of an apartment building engulfed in flames in San Antonio, Texas, February 18, 2021. INSTAGRAMmore

Jim Curtis helps a woman search for a way to shut off her water after she found a leak following an unprecedenmore

Aaron Williams gets ready to eat his meal along with many others taking shelter at a Salvation Army facility amore

Snacks are served with words of encouragement at a Salvation Army facility, which held a shelter after winter more

Sid Snow, 72, stays overnight at the Salvation Army facility after winter weather caused electricity blackoutsmore

The chapel of a Salvation Army facility is filled with the belongings of people seeking refuge from winter weamore

KD Nance huddles under layers of clothing and blankets in their room after winter weather caused electricity bmore

Residents take refuge at a shelter after record-breaking winter temperatures in Galveston, Texas, February 18,more

Senator Ted Cruz wheels his luggage at the Cancun International Airport before boarding his plane back to the more

Local area resident Mary Kay Hoffman holds a sign as she and friend Cindy Durham await the return of Senator Tmore

Couple Renne Alva, 37, and Travis Wasicek, 43, sit amongst their belongings along Seawall Boulevard as they  emore

An elderly couple take refuge at a shelter after record-breaking winter temperatures in Galveston, Texas, Febrmore

Vickie Ballard, 53, applies deodorant after waking up in a shelter after record-breaking winter temperatures imore

Anna Thomasson walks her dog, Penny, across the White Rock Lake Spillway after winter weather caused electricimore

Grace Gladney, 3, plays in the snow after winter weather caused electricity blackouts in Dallas, Texas, Februamore

Rescued turtles stunned by cold weather at an evacuation center in South Padre Island, Texas, in this still immore

David Mudge, 59, wipes a tear while taking refuge in a shelter after record-breaking winter temperatures in Gamore

Max King cooks a pizza on a charcoal grill he'd just purchased after winter weather caused electricity blackoumore

Scott Bruffy huddles around space heaters powered by a generator after winter weather caused electricity blackmore

Water leaks through the ceiling and floods the floors inside a house on Sagewood Trail after frozen pipes bursmore

Chuck Pryor, the funeral director of Pryority Funeral Experience, checks on his funeral home as the state of Tmore

Clark Owens lights candles as they heat their household with lava rocks heated from their grill after winter wmore

Scott Bruffy and Clark Owens gather in their living room for warmth after winter weather caused electricity blmore

Howard and Nena Mamu eat dinner at their home by candle light after power companies performed rotating outagesmore

Alvin Williams, 66, checks on his smartphone while taking a shelter at Gallery Furniture store which opened itmore

Patrick Youngblood, right, and his wife Marisol comfort their daughter Audrey while taking shelter at Gallery more

People take shelter at Gallery Furniture store which opened its door and transformed into a warming station afmore

Brett Archibad, whose home was without electric power following winter weather, tries to entertain his family more

Residents line up in their vehicles to enter a warming center and shelter after record-breaking winter temperamore

Volunteers help distribute water to local residents at a warming center and shelter after record-breaking wintmore

Residents of Cedar Crest Drive walk past their burning house as firefighters, who were only able to draw watermore

Customers, whose homes are without electric power, wait in line to purchase food and snacks at a gas station imore

Laramie White, whose home was among the thousands in the city that were left without power after extremely colmore

A sign warns customers of a Shell gas station shut down by lack of electric power in Pflugerville, Texas, Febrmore

A man walks to his friend's home in a neighbourhood without electricity as snow covers the BlackHawk neighborhmore

Nena Mamu throws out food from the refrigerator after her home lost electric power in the Glenwood neighborhoomore

Krystan Hood sits with her two young children inside her heated car after cold-weather knocked out power in Comore

Julio and Josmery Campo unload wood for their fireplaces as the state of Texas experiences widespread power oumore

Robert Salazar wears makeshift snow boots as the state of Texas experiences widespread power outages and recormore

Howard Mamu pulls a trash can into their home to clean out their refrigerator after they lost electric power imore

Avett Archibad, 8, helps his brother Sanders, 6, and sister Luella 10, build an Igloo in the front yard of themore

Sheila Ray, 61, whose home has been without electricity due to the winter storm since the day before, sits in more

Keith Van Winkle, a Texas Tech University student, snowboards down a hill at the university campus in Lubbock,more

Kristen Young sips a spoonful of soup as her one-year-old son Shawn watches at a warming center they visited amore

Military vehicles from the Texas Military Department of the Texas National Guard, tasked to transport residentmore

Shoppers crowd a display of bottled water at a United Supermarkets location not long after the city announced more