Nearly three million Texans were still without power on Wednesday after a winter storm increased consumer demand for electricity while pummeling the state’s grid.

Now the state is bracing for yet another arctic blast, with a winter storm warning in effect for dozens of counties in the Fort Worth-Dallas area until Thursday morning. Ice accumulation and one to three inches of snow are expected, with up to six inches of snow northeast of the metro region.

There was little respite on Tuesday night from the previous storm, with freezing rain across much of Central Texas and several inches of snow north of Dallas. Winter weather has left at least 29 people dead across the country since last week, along with bitterly cold temperatures.

In the Northeast and Midwest, residents are now digging themselves out. Areas near Buffalo saw snowfall of one to two inches per hour on Tuesday, and the National Weather Service has recorded more than a foot of snow in Chicago since Sunday evening.

More than 160,000 people in Oregon remained without power on Wednesday morning, and tens of thousands were without electricity in Kentucky, West Virginia and Louisiana, according to PowerOutage.us, a website that tracks electricity outages.

But the worst outages were in Texas, which enters its third day of widespread distress. Gov. Greg Abbott declared an emergency reform of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the state’s electrical grid and is struggling to restore power.

The council ordered Austin Energy to shut off some power on Tuesday night, according to utility’s Twitter account, saying it could affect people who previously had it restored. Mayor Steve Adler urged residents to use electricity as sparingly as possible  in hopes of staving off further shutdowns, using flashlights and candles if able.

“If you have power, please try to live almost like you don’t,” Mr. Adler said. “If you have heat, run it low. Run it lower.”

New York Times