Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 134 counties as a severe winter storm threatens the state with life-threatening cold and ice starting Friday evening.

Nearly five years after Winter Storm Uri sparked widespread power outages and killed hundreds of Texans, officials and residents are once more girding for a round of severe winter weather that will bl...

“I’ll tell you this, we’re gonna have to open the checkbook for this one,” Rick Fontana, director of emergency management for West Haven, said.