# disaster
Nearly a year after a deadly winter storm plunged Texans into cold and darkness, state officials say they know the final death toll.
The Texas Department of Health Services revised the number of deaths from last February's storm to 246, up from 210 in July. The victims were spread across 77 Texas counties and ranged in age from less than a year to 102 years old.
Last February's massive winter storm spread ice, snow and freezing temperatures across Texas. The state's weak utility grid was unable to withstand the record-breaking cold, leaving millions of people without power for days.
Most of the storm's victims died of hypothermia, according to state reports.
Dozens of people have also died in road accidents, falls and fires. Prolonged power cuts have also left some victims without access to necessary medical equipment, such as oxygen tanks or dialysis machines. As the relentless cold continued, at least 19 people died of carbon monoxide poisoning while trying to heat their homes or cars.
The state's new report includes victims of the storm as people who were found after the storm passed and people who were injured in the storm but later died.