Kidderminster model Iskra Lawrence without water in Texas power outages

The model and body positive activist took to Instagram to speak about her own experience of the water supply issues in the wake of devastating snow in the state, where she now lives with boyfriend Phillip Payne and their 10-month-old son.

In a lengthy post shared on Sunday, the 30-year-old, who is from the Broadwaters area of Kidderminster, said her house "stinks of un-flushed toilets and dirty dishes" and told followers her baby son "won't stop crying with teething pains".

Iskra Lawrence took to social media to talk about her family's struggles during the outages in Texas. Photo Iskra Lawrence/Instagram

Iskra went on to say she still feels "lucky" as she has access to electricity and gas at a time when many have been forced to go without and offered her support to others who are struggling.

Sharing two images from a recent photo shoot, Iskra wrote: "Still no water... thank you for all the messages and [love]. I've not been online to reply because tbh I'm feeling overwhelmed.

"Not by having no water all week, but my poor baby is literally crying 24/7 with teething pain and it's a lot.

"I also have never felt so disgusting from not bathing all week, having the stench of un-flushed toilets days on end and a house full of dirty dishes (started hiding them in the oven out of sight) and well you can imagine the laundry."

Iskra said that, despite being without water, she's still grateful to have access to other basic necessities, adding it's a reminded her how "privileged" she is to have water when others in the world don't.

She continued: "We are the lucky ones and I always get back to a place of gratitude because even though we may not have water still we have power and gas and enough food to get by.

The model took to social media to talk about her family's struggles during the outages in Texas. Photo Iskra Lawrence/Instagram

"In a weird way, I wish I had experienced this sooner to fully grasp the privilege I have of always having lived somewhere with clean water and power when over 10 per cent of the worlds population don't have either.

"My heart goes out to all those going through it in Texas right now and the rest of the world. And not sure if any of you may see this but thank you to the best neighbours for lending us buckets to collect water and offering food. We wouldn't want to be anywhere else but on our little street.

"I'll continue to share resources and please tag me so I can re-post and help raise awareness of warm shelters, food banks and charities to support! Hope you can't smell me through the phone."

On Wednesday, the model, who is known for her untouched Aerie ads, first revealed she had been without a water supply for several days.

She wrote: "My prayers are with all my people here in Texas. Already too many lives have been lost in this storm.

"Once again I feel saved by my privilege living in an area of our city that still has power, gas, we currently don't have water and the water is now apparently contaminated.

Iskra is from Kidderminster but now lives in Texas with boyfriend Phillip Payne and their 10-month-old son. Photo Iskra Lawrence/Instagram

"We have enough food to get through the rest of these days locked in because of the extreme weather, but many do not. I have friends with young children in freezing homes with no power.

"Please if you know any church drives, or charities that are delivering emergency supplies and food I can support please comment below I'll be sharing links in my stories as I find them."

On Saturday, warmer temperatures began to spread across the southern US, bringing relief to winter-ravaged region. In Texas, where millions were warned to boil tap water before drinking it, the warm-up was expected to last for several days.

The thaw led to burst pipes throughout the state, while storms left more than 300,000 still without power across the country on Saturday, many of them in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

As of Saturday, 1,445 public water systems in Texas had reported disrupted operations. Government agencies were using mobile labs and coordinating to speed water testing.