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February 2021 Winter Storm-Related Deaths
Texas Department of State Health Services
Where this source supports the record
Each entry separates the article’s editorial relevance note from its exact, section-level claims. A bibliography link without a direct claim is labeled plainly.
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Engineering failures · 13–19 February 2021Open article references →
The 2021 Texas Power Crisis
ERCOT control region and statewide outage area · United States
Why editors use it hereOfficial mortality surveillance, methods, causes, timing, and county data.
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During Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, extreme cold disabled power plants, natural-gas production, fuel delivery, and instruments across Texas.
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Trigger and conditions
Arctic air brought prolonged temperatures far below regional design assumptions.
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Uncertainty
Texas's official storm-related death toll is 246, but academic excess-mortality estimates are higher because indirect deaths are difficult to identify.
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Why it matters
The crisis was not caused by one technology.
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