Watch Live: KUT Answers Your Questions On The Outages

KUT 90.5 | By KUT Staff

Published February 19, 2021 at 3:01 PM CST

KUT reporters are answering your questions about this week's extreme weather and the power and water outages that persist.

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Answering Your Winter Storm Questions

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