power outages

Powerful winds topping 50 mph knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses Monday across parts of New England, and damage was reported across the region.

At least 111 people are dead as a result of the winter storm that knocked out power to millions of Texans last month, according to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services released on Thursday.

A car was split in half after it crashed into a utility pole in East Boston Wednesday night. One man was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred just before 8 p.m. on McClellan Highway near Addison Street. A woman is in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Boston Police Department. The man was identified…

People gathered at the scene of a deadly crash in East Boston to mourn the loss of an 18-year-old.

Nearly 800 people were still without power Thursday morning after a fatal car crash involving a utility pole in East Boston Wednesday night.

A vehicle split in half in a crash that left one person dead in East Boston Wednesday night.

Texas’ power grid manager was fired Wednesday amid growing calls for his ouster following February’s deadly blackouts that left millions of people without electricity and heat for days in subfreezing temperatures.

Tens of thousands of people woke up without power in Massachusetts Tuesday as howling winds tore down power lines, trees and caused other damage. By nightfall, more than 4,000 people remained without power as winds continued pounding new England all day. The strong winds picked up late Monday night, gusting near 60 mph in some places and creating a sub-zero…

Trees were toppled by severe wind overnight in New England.

Heavy winds toppled a tree into a home, knocked the side off a Boston building and made fires hard to fight in Massachusetts Tuesday.

Scaffolding collapsed from a seven-story building in Roxbury and trees came crashing onto homes in Brookline and Westboro as strong winds persisted overnight.

On Thursday, managers of Texas’ power grid are expected to receive a lashing in the first public hearings about the crisis at the state Capitol — where the belief that less government is better is reflected in a part-time Legislature that meets just once every two years, and only for 140 days.

The board that oversees ERCOT held an urgent meeting Wednesday morning to discuss the winter storm that crippled most of Texas last week. They offered apologies for the devastation the power outages have caused and pledged to gather the facts to help lawmakers determine how to prevent it from ever happening again.

Birds, bats and other wildlife appear to have taken a beating during the winter storm and deep freeze in the southern U.S. Scientists say it might take weeks or months to determine the extent of the harm.

Southern cities slammed by winter storms that left millions without power for days have traded one crisis for another: Busted water pipes ruptured by record-low temperatures have created a shortage of clean drinking water, shut down the Memphis airport on Friday and left hospitals struggling to maintain sanitary conditions.

As temperatures slowly rise, Texans are surveying historic damage left by a week of frigid temperatures and power outages.

Power was restored to more Texans on Thursday, with fewer than a half-million homes remaining without electricity, and many still were without safe drinking water after winter storms wreaked havoc on the state’s power grid and utilities this week.

Jenna Bush Hager sent her love to her home state of Texas and shared how to help after a deadly winter storm caused massive power outages and damage.

Hundreds of thousands remain without power and running water as food and gasoline supplies begin to run low.

After receiving widespread criticism for flying to Mexico while Texas faces a historic winter storm and power outages, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was photographed checking in at the Cancun, Mexico, airport Thursday. “We had no heat and no power and yesterday,” he told NBC News. “My daughters asked if they could take a trip with some friends, and Heidi and...