Extremely cold temperatures in the United States have so far claimed two lives in Texas and caused the cancellation of more than 1,700 flights across the country, according to authorities.
Emergency services responded to hundreds of car crashes across the state of Texas, and Republican Gov. Greg Abbott urged people to stay off the roads.
For now, there is a report of a death in Austin, in the early hours of Tuesday, in a chain crash, and of another fatality, a 45-year-old man, on Monday, on a road near Dallas, as reported the Arlington. Police.
More than 900 flights to or from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and more than 250 flights to or from Dallas Love Field Airport were canceled or delayed Tuesday, according to FlightAware flight tracking service.
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines canceled more than 500 flights and delayed more than 350 on Tuesday, FlightAware reported.
Also in the state of Tennessee, several Memphis-Shelby County schools announced today the cancellation of classes due to hazardous traffic conditions.
In Arkansas, Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared a state of emergency Tuesday due to an ice storm. Sanders mentioned the “probability of numerous power lines being out of service.”
The storm started Monday and is expected to continue to affect the weather today in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Tennessee, according to the US Weather Service.
Source: TSF
