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A sign warns of frozen pipes in Dallas on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. At least 2.5 million customers, most of them in Texas, had lost electricity by early Monday as weather advisories extended from coast to coast. (Nitashia Johnson/The New York Times)

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Weather postpones BISD board meeting, public hearing

Downtownn Beaumont was deserted early Monday morning as Southeast Texans awoke to frigid temperatures and iced cars and roadways after the arctic front moved in overnight. Photo taken Monday, February 15, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise

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Texas Dept. of Transportation crew removing ice and snow from roads and bridges. This photo was taken on Groves SH73

Showers possible with break in the freeze

Entergy Power repair crews head north on Interstate 55 in north Jackson, Miss., Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, as light snow mixed with sleet, and rain continue to cover much of the state. The National Weather Service forecasts temperatures barely hovering at 20 degrees Fahrenheit, and likely slipping into the single digits by Tuesday morning. A winter storm warning continues throughout the state. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Entergy cites progress, despite outages for nearly 38,000

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US 96 overpass in Evadale closed due to ice

Bishop David Toups joins in an opening prayer as he leads an Ash Wednesday service at St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica. Photo made Wednesday, February 17, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise

Ash Wednesday begins season of sacrifice

AP Week in Pictures: Asia

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Feb. 18, 2021Updated: Feb. 18, 2021 10:04 p.m.

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A man is held by police during a crackdown on anti-coup protesters holding a rally in front of the Myanmar Economic Bank in Mandalay, Myanmar, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. Security forces in Myanmar intensified their crackdown against anti-coup protesters on Monday, seeking to quell the large-scale demonstrations calling for the military junta that seized power earlier this month to reinstate the elected government. — 1of14A man is held by police during a crackdown on anti-coup protesters holding a rally in front of the Myanmar Economic Bank in Mandalay, Myanmar, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. Security forces in Myanmar intensified their crackdown against anti-coup protesters on Monday, seeking to quell the large-scale demonstrations calling for the military junta that seized power earlier this month to reinstate the elected government.ASO/AP

Demonstrators gather in an intersection close to Sule Pagoda to protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Demonstrators in Myanmar gathered Wednesday in their largest numbers so far to protest the military's seizure of power, even after a U.N. human rights expert warned that troops being brought to Yangon and elsewhere could signal the prospect of major violence. — 2of14Demonstrators gather in an intersection close to Sule Pagoda to protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Demonstrators in Myanmar gathered Wednesday in their largest numbers so far to protest the military's seizure of power, even after a U.N. human rights expert warned that troops being brought to Yangon and elsewhere could signal the prospect of major violence.STR/AP

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Demonstrators protest against the military junta's arrest and chagrining of National League for Democracy party lawmakers, Mandalay region Chief Minister Zaw Myint Maung and Mayor Ye Lwin, outside Aung Myay Thar Zan Township court in Mandalay, Myanmar, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. — 4of14Demonstrators protest against the military junta's arrest and chagrining of National League for Democracy party lawmakers, Mandalay region Chief Minister Zaw Myint Maung and Mayor Ye Lwin, outside Aung Myay Thar Zan Township court in Mandalay, Myanmar, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021.STR/AP

Imradul Ali, 10, center, looks for recyclable material at a landfill on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. Once school is done for the day, Ali rushes home to change out of his uniform so that he can start his job as a scavenger in India's remote northeast. — 5of14Imradul Ali, 10, center, looks for recyclable material at a landfill on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. Once school is done for the day, Ali rushes home to change out of his uniform so that he can start his job as a scavenger in India's remote northeast.Anupam Nath/AP

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Police detain members of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI), the student body of the Congress party, during a protest against the arrest of Indian climate activist Disha Ravi, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Ravi was arrested in Bengaluru on Saturday for circulating a document on social media supporting months of massive protests by farmers. — 7of14Police detain members of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI), the student body of the Congress party, during a protest against the arrest of Indian climate activist Disha Ravi, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Ravi was arrested in Bengaluru on Saturday for circulating a document on social media supporting months of massive protests by farmers.Altaf Qadri/AP

Russia's Daniil Medvedev hits a backhand return to compatriot Andrey Rublev during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. — 8of14Russia's Daniil Medvedev hits a backhand return to compatriot Andrey Rublev during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.Hamish Blair/AP

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Russia's Andrey Rublev serves to Spain's Feliciano Lopez during their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. — 10of14Russia's Andrey Rublev serves to Spain's Feliciano Lopez during their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021.Andy Brownbill/AP

Divers perform an underwater lion dance at the KLCC Aquaria during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. — 11of14Divers perform an underwater lion dance at the KLCC Aquaria during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021.Vincent Thian/AP

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A couple wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus lifts their child wearing a new year costume as they visit to the capital city's popular shopping mall during the first day of the Lunar New Year in Beijing, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. Festivities for the holiday, normally East Asia's busiest tourism season, are muted after China, Vietnam, Taiwan and other governments tightened travel curbs and urged the public to avoid big gatherings following renewed virus outbreaks. — 13of14A couple wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus lifts their child wearing a new year costume as they visit to the capital city's popular shopping mall during the first day of the Lunar New Year in Beijing, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. Festivities for the holiday, normally East Asia's busiest tourism season, are muted after China, Vietnam, Taiwan and other governments tightened travel curbs and urged the public to avoid big gatherings following renewed virus outbreaks.Andy Wong/AP

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