Several Texans are dead and nearly 400,000 people in the state are without power as ice storms are expected to finally ease up in the U.S. South on Thursday.
At least six people are dead, USA Today reported, and 389,571 people are without power in the Lone Star State, according to Poweroutage.us, as of 5:45 a.m. The storms, which have wreaked havoc in the South, have caused wrecks on wet roads, made people deal with freezing homes, and forced airlines to cancel thousands of flights.
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There is a severe weather alert in place in central Texas where people are being strongly urged to stay off the roads. Parts of Arkansas and Tennessee are also facing scary conditions due to freezing rain and ice. More than 12 million people were under ice storm warnings on Wednesday, per the National Weather Service.
???? Icy scenes from Cedar Park, TX this afternoon as captured by Kara Dawn Ludeker. That area is under a Winter Storm Warning until 6am CST Thursday morning.
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The number of customers without power does seem to be slowly dwindling, and the NWS said the major ice storm across much of the South is expected to end Thursday. But for many still without power or in unsafe conditions, that does not mean their worries are over.
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"A system tracking near the Gulf Coast will clear-out the frozen mess, while also producing heavy rain and perhaps a severe thunderstorm for the Gulf Coast states," the NWS wrote. "Meanwhile, a glancing shot of arctic air will sweep through the Northeastern U.S. on Friday to produce very dangerous wind chills through Saturday."