A winter storm dropping snow and ice also sent temperatures plunging across the southern Plains, prompting a power emergency in Texas a day after conditions canceled flights and impacted traffic across large swaths of the U.S. AdvertisementMore than 1.3 million customers were in the dark as of 3 a.m. local time, according to poweroutage.us, a utility tracking site. The region had been gearing up for the winter weather for the better part of the weekend. The airline said the storm was also affecting their flights across the region, with operations reduced and canceled at airports across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. AdvertisementMeanwhile, in the Pacific Northwest, tens of thousands of people were without power after a winter storm blanketed the region with ice and snow and made travel treacherous.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 15, 2021 09:45 UTC