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People walk on a sidewalk along a busy road where the canopies on the trees were frozen over after a winter storm that moved in overnight in Richardson, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022.
Downtown Dallas is seen in the distance with ice and snow covered houses along the Western banks of White Rock Lake, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. More than 200,000 homes and businesses lost power across the U.S. on Thursday as freezing rain and snow weighed down tree limbs and encrusted power lines, part of a winter storm that caused an apparent tornado in Alabama, dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest and brought rare measurable snowfall to parts of Texas.
People sled down Flag Pole Hill Park, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Dallas. More than 200,000 homes and businesses lost power across the U.S. on Thursday as freezing rain and snow weighed down tree limbs and encrusted power lines, part of a winter storm that caused an apparent tornado in Alabama, dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest and brought rare measurable snowfall to parts of Texas.
Snow falls on a ground crew working outside a parked plane at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path is spreading rain, freezing rain and heavy snow further across the country.
A rider steps onto a bus during a light freezing rain in Dallas, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path is spreading rain, freezing rain and heavy snow further across the country.
Amanda, left, and Rebecka try to keep warm as they walk to work during a light freezing rain in Dallas, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path is spreading rain, freezing rain and heavy snow further across the country.
Ice coats trees and the road as an SUV drives in Richardson, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path is spreading rain, freezing rain and heavy snow further across the country.
Men play football on a soccer field in Chicago’s Lincoln Park Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path brought a mix of rain, freezing rain and snow to the middle section of the United States as airlines canceled hundreds of flights, governors urged residents to stay off roads and schools closed campuses.
A motorist traveling westbound on Dorsett Rd. encounters a deer crossing it on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Maryland Heights, Mo., after an overnight wintry mix of snowfall and ice hampered the St. Louis area.
Traffic along eastbound Interstate 70 near Stadium Blvd. is halted on Wednesday Feb. 2, 2022, in Columbia, Mo., following several accidents after a winter storm dumped about several inches of snow.
ATR Towing and Recovery workers remove a pickup truck that slid into the median on Interstate 70 east of the Lake of the Woods exit on Wednesday Feb. 2 2022, after a winter storm dumped about seven inches of snow according to the National Weather Service in St. Louis, Mo. Another four to seven inches of snow is expected tonight and Thursday.
A plow clears away snow on the airport apron at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Mich., on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022.
Jean Taylor looks through the few remaining loafs of bread in the bread aisle on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022 in a Reasor’s in Tulsa, Okla. A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path is spreading rain, freezing rain and heavy snow further across the country.
Cars drive down southbound U.S. Route 412 as snow falls in Tulsa, Okla., on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path is spreading rain, freezing rain and heavy snow further across the country.
Elaina Lowery, 8, and Logan Watson II, 5, of Columbia, Mo., watch other sledders as they walk back up Stephens Lake Park hill on Wednesday Feb. 2, 2022, after a winter storm dumped about seven inches of snow according to the National Weather Service in St. Louis.
John Tapko clears snow at his house Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Overland Park, Kan. A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path brought a mix of rain, freezing rain and snow to the middle section of the United States as airlines canceled hundreds of flights, governors urged residents to stay off roads and schools closed campuses.
Lifelong Flint resident Cory Pacheco, 58, uses a snowblower to clear out his driveway on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in downtown Flint, Mich. This was his first pass, he said, as he intends to continue to remove snow throughout the heavy snow storm. “I love it. It’s truly so beautiful,” he said, taking a break to admire the fresh blanket atop the trees and along Commonwealth Avenue. “We’ve needed this.”
Snow plow operators with the Missouri Department of Transportation stop to clear the windshield of a truck on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, on Scheutz Road in St. Louis County, Mo., after an overnight wintry mix of snowfall and ice hampered the St. Louis area.
Local celebrity chef Alejandro Barrientos cooks a batch of hamburger soup at his restaurant Curb Side Bistro as he prepares to help serve meals for those in need staying at the Salvation Army of Odessa’s emergency shelter Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022 in Odessa, Texas. Barrientos has planned to serve soups and bread Wednesday evening and throughout Thursday for those sheltering from the cold weather passing through the Permian Basin. The Salvation Army’s Mabee Red Shield Lodge will be opening as an emergency shelter starting following their meal service and will remain open until the weather returns to above freezing.
Salvation Army of Odessa’s Major Luis Melendez inspects beds in the men’s dormitory of the Mabee Red Shield Lodge as the shelter prepares to open as an emergency inclement temporary shelter in advance of the incoming winter storm Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022 in Odessa, Texas. The shelter will begin intaking guests following the Salvation Army’s evening meal service at 5 p.m. and will remain open as an emergency cold weather shelter until temperatures have returned to above freezing.
A City of Columbia snowplow clears Ninth Street on Wednesday Feb. 2, 2022, in Columbia, Mo., after a winter storm dumped about seven inches of snow according to the National Weather Service in St. Louis. Another four to seven inches of snow is expected tonight and Thursday.
Steve Davis of Atkins Inc. removes snow from the sidewalk in front of Goldie’s Bagel & Deli at 114 S 9th St Suite 102 in Columbia, Mo., Wednesday Feb. 2, 2022, after a winter storm dumped about seven inches of snow on Mid-Missouri according to the National Weather Service in St. Louis. Another four to seven inches of snow is expected tonight and Thursday.
A vehicle’s air bags are deployed after a collision on a snowy W. Eisenhower Parkway in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022.
Bundled up against the cold, a pedestrian cradles a package while crossing in the intersection of Logan Street and Alameda as a winter storm sweeps over the intermountain West Wednesday Feb. 2, 2022, in Denver. Forecasters predict that the storm will move out Wednesday on to the eastern plains and on to the Midwest, which is bracing for heavy snowfall and icy conditions in the days ahead.
A sign tells that the school has been canceled due to impending winter weather in Dallas, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. North Texas school districts called off classes for the next two days in anticipation of winter weather that sweeps in this evening.
A sign advises patrons of COVID-19 restriction while long icicles grow from an awning outside a restaurant as a winter storm sweeps over the intermountain West Wednesday Feb. 2, 2022, in Denver. Forecasters predict that the storm will move out Wednesday on to the eastern plains and on to the Midwest, which is bracing for heavy snowfall and icy conditions in the days ahead.
A pickup truck drives south on a snow-covered Interstate 25 Wednesday morning, Feb. 2, 2022, near County Line Road in Monument, Colo., as a winter storm hits the Pikes Peak Region dropping as much as two feet of snow.
A man walks his dog through steady snow showers along West Valley View Drive Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in St. Joseph, Mich., after a winter storm closed many schools and businesses throughout Southwest Michigan.
A car remains buried under several inches of snow at the Margaret B. Upton Arboretum in St. Joseph, Mich., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, after a winter storm moved through Southwest Michigan.
A man walks on Washington Blvd. during a snow storm in the Metro Detroit area Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022.
Nic Charnitsky, co-owner at the Herbal Solutions shovels snow off the sidewalk in front of his business on Michigan Avenue in downtown Ypsilanti, Mich., on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022.
Snow and ice are cleared from the tarmac at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path is spreading rain, freezing rain and heavy snow further across the country.
Jacquayla Fields and her mother Tiffany Thomas stand beneath the damaged front porch of a house belonging to Thomas’ uncle after a tornado struck Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, along Highway 14 in the Sawyerville Community in rural Hale County, Ala.. No one in the house was injured.
A tornado struck Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, along Hale County Highway 14 in the Sawyerville Community in rural Hale County, Alabama. A severely damaged house is seen through a gap in fallen trees.
A tornado struck Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, along Hale County Highway 14 in the Sawyerville Community in rural Hale County, Ala.. An unidentified woman looks at the damage to a home where a large tree was blown onto the roof.
A tornado struck Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, along Hale County Highway 14 in the Sawyerville Community in rural Hale County, Alabama. Two pick up trucks were apparently blown across Highway 14 and thrown into a pond by the tornadic winds.
Pedestrians walk along E Lawther Road along the banks of White Rock Lake, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Dallas. More than 200,000 homes and businesses lost power across the U.S. on Thursday as freezing rain and snow weighed down tree limbs and encrusted power lines, part of a winter storm that caused an apparent tornado in Alabama, dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest and brought rare measurable snowfall to parts of Texas.
Ice and snow cover homes near the East side of White Rock Lake, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Dallas. More than 200,000 homes and businesses lost power across the U.S. on Thursday as freezing rain and snow weighed down tree limbs and encrusted power lines, part of a winter storm that caused an apparent tornado in Alabama, dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest and brought rare measurable snowfall to parts of Texas.
Foot prints are left in the snow on E Lawther Road along the banks of White Rock Lake, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Dallas. More than 200,000 homes and businesses lost power across the U.S. on Thursday as freezing rain and snow weighed down tree limbs and encrusted power lines, part of a winter storm that caused an apparent tornado in Alabama, dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest and brought rare measurable snowfall to parts of Texas.
A chain link fence is frozen over from a winter storm that blew in overnight as a group of young boys play soccer in the ice and snow in Richardson, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022.
Drivers navigate icy road conditions along U.S. 75 in Dallas, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022.
Quynh Tran, Hannah Lee and Jessica Ngyen climb up the hill to sled in the snow Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Fort Worth, Texas. More than 200,000 homes and businesses lost power across the U.S. on Thursday as freezing rain and snow weighed down tree limbs and encrusted power lines, part of a winter storm that caused an apparent tornado in Alabama, dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest and brought rare measurable snowfall to parts of Texas.
A snow plows work along Route 307 on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 3, 2022, as snow falls in Jefferson, Ohio.
Snowmobilers prepare to get gas at Pilot on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 3, 2021, as snow falls in Austinburg Township, Ohio.
Deanna Cooper, red coat, and Jessica Brent, green hat, walks back to their home after sledding at Emerson Elementary in Tulsa, Okla., on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022.
Snow covers trees along Sweet Fern Road in Irondequoit, N.Y. on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path is spreading rain, freezing rain and heavy snow further across the country.
Sea gulls roost on a frozen Irondequoit Bay in Irondequoit, N.Y., on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path is spreading rain, freezing rain and heavy snow further across the country.
Snow accumulates in the Perrin Neighborhood, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 in Lafayette, Ind.
Runners run on a snow covered Monon Trial, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Indianapolis. A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path is spreading rain, freezing rain and heavy snow further across the country.
A major winter storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas to the Ohio Valley was set to leave Pennsylvania and New England glazed in ice and smothered in snow Friday, forecasters said.
The storm disrupted flights at major hubs in the U.S. on Friday morning, including airports in New York City, Boston and Dallas.
More snow was forecast, but it was the ice that threatened to wreak havoc on travel and electric service in the Northeast before the storm heads out to sea late Friday and Saturday, said Rick Otto, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland.
“Snow is a lot easier to plow than ice,” he said.
Even after the storm pushes off to sea late Friday and Saturday, ice and snow were expected to linger through the weekend because of subfreezing temperatures, Otto said.
Parts of New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont had snowfall reports of a foot or more Friday morning, according to the weather service.
About 350,000 homes and businesses lost power from Texas to Ohio on Thursday as freezing rain and snow weighed down tree limbs and encrusted power lines, part of a winter storm that caused a deadly tornado in Alabama, dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest and brought rare measurable snowfall to Texas.
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