BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – On Sunday, Gov. Greg Abbott expanded the state’s disaster declaration to include 85 additional counties affected by the ongoing winter weather, bringing the total to 219.
Bexar County is now included in the declaration.
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“Communities across the state have been impacted by this weekend’s winter weather,” Abbott said in a news release. “I am updating my disaster declaration to include additional counties to help more Texans during these freezing temperatures.”
So far, the state has deployed more than 10,900 responders and over 4,900 vehicles and pieces of equipment to assist Texans coping with freezing weather.
The following state agency resources remain engaged in support of local winter weather response operations:
- Public Utility Commission of Texas
- Railroad Commission of Texas
- Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
- Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
- Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (Public Works Response Team)
- Texas A&M Forest Service (Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System)
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- Texas Department of Information Resources
- Texas Department of Public Safety
- Texas Department of State Health Services (Emergency Medical Task Force)
- Texas Department of Transportation
- Texas Division of Emergency Management
- Texas Education Agency
- Texas Health and Human Services Commission
- Texas National Guard
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
In the release, Abbott urges residents to stay safe, monitor local weather forecasts, and use warming centers as needed.
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