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Your steering did NOT seize. Power steering is run from a belt. If the belt breaks and the belt powers the pump and the alternator, you lose power steering and the battery light comes on. You still had steering. What you lost was power assist. You can still turn the wheels, it's just much harder to turn. Get the belt replaced and you should be back in business.
Look for a main breaker, surprisingly, they are putting them into cars these days. A Chilton or Haynes manual will locate it for you, but it's usually under the hood, will be in a fuse box.
Your alternator has stopped charging the battery. Have the alternator replaced or the cables checked immediately. Don't drive the car if possible cause it will quit driving eventually.
Yes it sounds like the alternator voltage regulator is wearing down and needs to be changed or replaced.
If you can get your hands on a 12 volt multimeter, turn the setting to 20 dc and place the negative wire on the negative battery post and the positive wire on the positive battery post.
The battery with motor off should be 12.6 volts and higher, start the the car the read out should be 14.,2 or higher.
You can turn the lights and heater on to see if the alternator can cope with the load.
if read out is less then you need to change or replace it.
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