Texas in a deep freeze after deadly ice storm
Snow, sleet, and freezing rain are forecast to hit the eastern United States this weekend, and temperatures will stay below zero in the west, the National Weather Service said, after a deadly winter storm slammed the nation’s midsection on Friday.
- Patches of ice are seen in front of the Dallas skyline on December 6, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. The ice storm that has hit North Texas has left over 250,000 residents and businesses without power and has led to more than 1,700 flight delays and cancellations across the country. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
- Caelan Brooks, 12, of Plano, Texas, glides down a hill at Hoblitzelle Park on December 6, 2013 in Plano, Texas. The ice storm that has hit North Texas has left over 250,000 residents and businesses without power and has led to more than 1,700 flight delays and cancellations across the country. (Stewart F. House/Getty Images)
- Motorists drive slowly on N. Sylvania Ave. after an overnight ice storm in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (David Kent/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
- Interstate-30 traffic moves east from Hulen St., slowly, due to ice that accumulated overnight in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (Ron T. Ennis/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
- A lone pedestrian walks across Elm Street on December 6, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. The ice storm that has hit North Texas has left over 250,000 residents and businesses without power and has led to more than 1,700 flight delays and cancellations across the country. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
- Jamie Hannah, 9, tests out the ice on a frozen street in west Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (Joyce Marshall/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
- Fairview Farms employee Julio Rodriguez, 28, of Plano, Texas, uses a chain saw to remove downed tree trees and limbs from the residential streets near the farm on December 6, 2013 in Plano, Texas. The ice storm that has hit North Texas has left over 250,000 residents and businesses without power and has led to more than 1,700 flight delays and cancellations across the country. (Photo by Stewart F. House/Getty Images)
- Traffic was very light at times on US 287 south of downtown after an overnight ice storm in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (David Kent/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
- Marybeth (left) and Brad Wilson trudge up E. 3rd Street toward downtown after an overnight ice storm in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (David Kent/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
- Alex Zdorov, 36, of Plano, Texas, walks his dogs, Baxter (L) and Lyla (R) on a path in Big Lake Park on December 6, 2013 in Plano, Texas. The ice storm that has hit North Texas has left over 250,000 residents and businesses without power and has led to more than 1,700 flight delays and cancellations across the country. (Photo by Stewart F. House/Getty Images)
- Lauren Roberts (L), 15, and her friend Croline Brooks (R), 15, both residents of Plano, Texas, enjoy the frozen conditions at Hoblitzelle Park on December 6, 2013 in Plano, Texas. The ice storm that has hit North Texas has left over 250,000 residents and businesses without power and has led to more than 1,700 flight delays and cancellations across the country. (Photo by Stewart F. House/Getty Images)
- Enari Hernandez (L), 6, and her cousin Maritza Jimenez (R), 6, play in front of a damaged tree in their neighbors yard on December 6, 2013 in Plano, Texas. The ice storm that has hit North Texas has left over 250,000 residents and businesses without power and has led to more than 1,700 flight delays and cancellations across the country. (Photo by Stewart F. House/Getty Images)
- Gerardo Aguillar, 15 years old of Dallas, Texas slides on the ice with his friends after school was cancelled due to weather on December 6, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. The ice storm that has hit North Texas has left over 250,000 residents and businesses without power and has led to more than 1,700 flight delays and cancellations across the country. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
- Fort Worth police direct traffic around a city bus stuck in ice on East Lancaster Ave. in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (Ron T. Ennis/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
- Icicles form on a barricade in front of the Dallas skyline on December 6, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. The ice storm that has hit North Texas has left over 250,000 residents and businesses without power and has led to more than 1,700 flight delays and cancellations across the country. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
- Icicles form on a Dallas street sign on December 6, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. The ice storm that has hit North Texas has left over 250,000 residents and businesses without power and has led to more than 1,700 flight delays and cancellations across the country. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
- Yasuke Imazu (left) and his wife Yuka of Tokyo, Japan, sleep in Terminal D at DFW International Airport on December 6, 2013 in DallasTexas. The newlyweds were on their honeymoon and trying to get to Cancun, Mexico, when an ice storm canceled their flight. The ice storm that has hit North Texas has left over 250,000 residents and businesses without power and has led to more than 1,700 flight delays and cancellations across the country. (Photo by Stewart F. House/Getty Images)
- Traffic is shown on Interstate 635 on December 6, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. Traffic was slow going as a wintery mix of rain, ice and snow decended on the region, prompting a weather advisory for the much of North Texas. (Stewart F. House/Getty Images)
- A fallen tree limb blocks a residential street on December 6, 2013 in Plano, Texas. The ice storm that has hit North Texas has left over 250,000 residents and businesses without power and has led to more than 1,700 flight delays and cancellations across the country. (Photo by Stewart F. House/Getty Images)
- This image released by the NASA GOES Project, shows a storm crossing the midwest US on December 6, 2013. Ice, snow and freezing temperatures are part of the winter storm that stretches from the Texas-Mexico border to the Ohio Valley. Forecasters are reporting it as one of the worst to hit the US in recent years, snarling travel on the ground and in the air and knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people.