A massive dose of winter weather is burying much of the US in snow and ice, with millions of Americans from the Midwest to the Mexican border getting slammed with frigid storms.
More than 2 million people in Texas have lost power in widespread blackouts amid record freezing temperatures, while ice and snow forced officials in Louisiana to shut major highways, the Weather Channel reported.
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A man rides a bicycle on the Lakefront Trail in Chicago.
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A jogger makes their way across a snowy street in Seattle.
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A coyote trots along a pathway at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.
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Seattle residents play in the snow amidst persistent snowfall.
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A bus sits stuck in the snow in Seattle.
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A snowboarder passes by a person wearing shorts in Seattle.
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John Kramer walks down 42nd Avenue South in Columbia City.
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A pedestrian walks near a snow-covered staircase at the University of Washington.
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National Guard member and Oklahoma Highway Patrol and Department of Public Safety Trooper assists an injured woman.
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Oklahoma Highway Patrol and National Guard help a truck stranded in the snow.
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The slippery conditions caused a 14-vehicle pileup on I-110 near Whiskey Bay in the Pelican State early Monday, including three jackknifed tractor-trailers, WAFB-TV reported.
In Texas — where Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a disaster declaration — three people died over the weekend in storm-related accidents near San Antonio, KSAT-TV said on Monday.
In Oklahoma, where a fiery pileup shut down the westbound lanes of the Turner Turnpike on Sunday, Gov. Kevin Stitt activated the National Guard as temperatures are due to drop to the lowest levels in 100 years, according to CBS News.
“Oklahomans, please pay attention to travel conditions and help us conserve energy where you can as this winter storm continues,” Stitt wrote on Twitter Sunday night.
The massive storm was expected to continue sweeping across the country and could pile up as much as an inch of ice along a wide swath of the nation Monday — as far east as Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia, the National Weather Service reported.
Snow is shown along Main Street near the Tarrant County Courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas.
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People walk at Oakwood Beach near Lake Michigan in Chicago.
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Michael Given stands at an intersection asking for money during a winter storm in Oklahoma City.
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Cars and plows are driven during the winter storm in Oklahoma City.
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Vehicles work to clear an intersection in Oklahoma.
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Snow covers the streets in Fort Worth, Texas.
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A woman walks through falling snow in San Antonio, Texas.
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More snow covers the streets of Fort Worth, Texas.
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Louisiana snow causes multiple car crashes.
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I-10 westbound at Louisiana Hightway 415 and I-10 eastbound at I-49 were closed due to deteriorating roadway conditions and multiple vehicle crashes.
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“There (have) been numerous reports of accidents from icing recently,” NWS lead forecaster Bob Oravec said. “I think there’s going to be a big threat today as the system pushes northeastward.”
Up to a foot of snow was also forecast for across the southern Plains on Monday.
