State Without Power Water

Frustrated Texans queued for hours for safe drinking water Friday, after an unprecedented and deadly "polar plunge" burst pipes and left millions in the US state shivering without power or clean water for days.

The death toll in Odisha due to Cyclone Fani mounted to 43 today, even as people staged a road blockade and assaulted a state official in protest against water shortage and power cuts in the coastal belt ravaged by the severe storm a week ago.

The death toll due to Cyclone Fani rose to 35 in Odisha today, as lakhs of people still grapple with water shortage and snapped power supply, three days after the storm barrelled through the coastal parts of the state, an official said.

The death toll from record floods in the US state of South Carolina jumped from three to nine Monday, as tens of thousands were left without power and drinking water, the governor said.

In the small hours of last night, huge parts of North India were plunged in darkness as the Northern Grid collapsed. Many people in eight states have spent the night and much of the morning without electricity. It has affected trains, metro services in Delhi and water supply across the states.

Frustrated Texans queued for hours for safe drinking water Friday, after an unprecedented and deadly "polar plunge" burst pipes and left millions in the US state shivering without power or clean water for days.

The death toll in Odisha due to Cyclone Fani mounted to 43 today, even as people staged a road blockade and assaulted a state official in protest against water shortage and power cuts in the coastal belt ravaged by the severe storm a week ago.

The death toll due to Cyclone Fani rose to 35 in Odisha today, as lakhs of people still grapple with water shortage and snapped power supply, three days after the storm barrelled through the coastal parts of the state, an official said.

The death toll from record floods in the US state of South Carolina jumped from three to nine Monday, as tens of thousands were left without power and drinking water, the governor said.

In the small hours of last night, huge parts of North India were plunged in darkness as the Northern Grid collapsed. Many people in eight states have spent the night and much of the morning without electricity. It has affected trains, metro services in Delhi and water supply across the states.