Federal relief for areas damaged in last winter's crippling ice storms is on its way to parts of Texas. President Joe Biden issued a disaster declaration for 13 counties.
The White House says, disaster relief will be available for state agencies, local governments and some nonprofits "on a cost-sharing basis" to repair and replace damaged facilities and conduct other emergency work.
The Texas Tribune reports that Saturday's disaster declaration includes Travis, Bastrop, Blanco, Burleson, Burnet, Hays, Lee, Milam and Williamson counties. Henderson County southeast of Dallas, Kendall County south of Fredericksburg, and Leon and Robertson counties east of Waco also were included.
The storms in late January and early February left a damaging coat of ice across a broad swath of Texas, cutting power to more than 300,000 customers statewide and hitting the Central Texas region around Austin particularly hard.
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