A developing winter storm is expected to bring snow and freezing rain to parts of the South, including Texas, New Mexico, and other Southern states, starting Wednesday. The storm may also impact travel and schools.
Snow covers the sign for Texas Street during a winter storm that hit Grand Prairie, Texas , in 2024. Some parts of Texas are preparing to be hit with several inches of snow this month. A developing storm is expected to bring more wintry weather across the country, threatening the normally warm areas of New Mexico, Texas and other areas in the South with snow and freezing rain starting Wednesday. Texas , which received just 1.5 inches of snow from 2023-2024 , is considering this a major storm.
Further south, the NWS said, light snow, ice and sleet is possible, likely creating dangerous road conditions and impacting travel and schools.This all comes after a deadly winter storm brought snow and ice from the Midwest to the mid-Atlantic and freezing temps lingered in the South over the weekend. As of Monday, the storm killed at least 18 people and dozens were injured as the storm moved across several states, including Kansas, Illinois, Virginia and the Washington, D.C., area, stranding cars and knocking out power. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to activate state emergency response resources ahead of the storm. 'With below-freezing temperatures beginning to impact large portions of the state, Texas is increasing the readiness level of the State Operations Center to ensure resources are swiftly deployed to communities,' Abbott said He urged residents to'remain weather-aware, regularly monitor road conditions before traveling, and heed guidance from state and local officials.'The system forecast to hit Texas may bring several inches of snow to southeastern Oklahoma and western and central Arkansas Thursday into Friday, the NWS said. These forecasts are still early.Tall palm trees sway during extreme gusty winds in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles on Tuesday.As the South prepped for snow and more cold, some residents in Southern California fled their homes as the NWS said'life-threatening', but hurricane-force gusts are predicted later to reach 100 mph or mor
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