Texas After the Storm

<p>Even as the cold has lifted and the ice has melted in Texas, the true depth of the devastation left by the state’s winter storm can be difficult to see.</p><p>Today, we look at the aftermath through the eyes of Iris Cantu, Suzanne Mitchell and Tumaini Criss — three women who, after the destruction of their homes, are reckoning with how they are going to move forward with their lives.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/jack-healy?smid=pc-thedaily">Jack Healy</a>, a Colorado-based national correspondent for The New York Times. </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Even with power back on across most of the state and warmer weather forecast,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/us/texas-winter-storm-recovery.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> millions of Texans</a> whose health and finances were already battered by a year of Covid-19 now face a grinding recovery from the storm.</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/21/us/texas-electricity-ercot-blackouts.html?smid=pc-thedaily">Here’s an analysis</a> of how Texas’s drive for energy independence set it up for disaster.</li><li>As the freak winter storm raged, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/climate/texas-blackout-storm-minorities.html?searchResultPosition=3?smid=pc-thedaily">historically marginalized communities</a> were among the first to face power outages.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily.</a> Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>