At least 11 dead after winter storm

TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION At least 11 dead after winter storm

At least 11 people have died in Texas, nearly half of them children, after Winter Storm Fern swept the state last week, the Texas Standard reported. Among those killed were three young brothers who fell through ice on a private pond near Bonham. In the Dallas suburb of Frisco, two teens died after an accident involving their sled while it was pulled by a vehicle.

Several unhoused people died of exposure in Austin, Houston and Fort Worth, according to reports. Nationally, the storm has killed at least 50 people.