To intense storm The winter season that has hit the United States has left more than 160,000 people without power in West Texas and threatens to paralyze eastern states with heavy snowfall.
Forecasters say snow, sleet and freezing rain, accompanied by dangerously low temperatures, are expected to hit the eastern two-thirds of the country this Sunday (25) next week.
The US Department of Energy announced on Saturday (24) the issuance of an emergency order authorizing the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to deploy backup power generation resources in data centers and other important facilities, with the aim of limiting blackouts in the state.
When classifying the storm as “historic”, President Donald Trump approved on Saturday (24) and disaster in South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Indiana and West Virginia.
“We will continue to monitor and maintain contact with all states along the way. storm . Stay safe and warm,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have declared a state of emergency due to the weather conditions, the Department of Homeland Security said.
More than 4,000 flights are scheduled for , according to flight tracking website FlightAware. More than 9,000 flights originally scheduled for Sunday were also canceled due to bad weather.
The US National Weather Service warned of a storm exceptionally extensive and long-lasting winter weather, which will bring widespread and heavy ice accumulation in the southeast of the country, where “impacts ranging from crippling to locally catastrophic” can be expected.
Forecasters predicted record cold temperatures and dangerously low wind chills to reach even more of the U.S. Great Plains region on Monday.
