Upstate South Carolina will be under an extreme cold warning from 7 p.m. to 10 a.m. on Feb. 1. Temperatures will drop to the teens with wind chill values as low as zero. Greenville County Emergency ...

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A week after a historic winter storm paralyzed communities across the Southeast, officials are still racing to keep residents ...

Mississippi dispatchers are fielding desperate calls for medication or oxygen from people stuck in their homes. Troopers in Tennessee are fanning out for welfare checks on ...

Plumbers say homeowners can avoid costly water damage during freezing temperatures by taking several preventive measures.

Prevent a water heater breakdown before it happens.

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Victorian home owners will be forced to go electric if they replace their gas hot water heater, even if it is more expensive, after the Allan government quietly backflipped on a promised exemption to ...

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