Several dead and nearly 400,000 Texans without power as ice storm expected to end Thursday

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Several dead and nearly 400,000 Texans without power as ice storm expected to end Thursday
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Several dead, nearly 400,000 Texans without power as ice storm to end Thursday

At least six people are dead, USA Today reported, and 389,571 people are without power in the Lone Star State, according to Poweroutage.us, as of 5:45 a.m. The storms, which have wreaked havoc in the South, have caused wrecks on wet roads, made people deal with freezing homes, and forced airlines to cancel thousands of flights.There is a severe weather alert in place in Central Texas, where people are being strongly urged to stay off the roads.

😳 Icy scenes from Cedar Park, TX this afternoon as captured by Kara Dawn Ludeker. That area is under a Winter Storm Warning until 6am CST Thursday morning.— National Weather Service February 2, 2023 The number of customers without power does seem to be slowly dwindling, and the NWS said the major ice storm across much of the South is expected to end Thursday. But for many still without power or in unsafe conditions, that does not mean their worries are over.

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