A winter storm brought snow, freezing rain, and rain to much of the United States on Thursday.
The mixture of weather conditions has disrupted travel and led to canceled flights across the U.S., with several areas reporting up to a foot of snow.
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At least 3,700 flights were canceled on Thursday, according to FlightAware.
Meteorologists report between three inches and a foot of snow in areas such as St. Louis, Missouri, and Wichita, Kansas. Snow removal teams worked around the clock on Wednesday evening to clear the snow before a second wave buried the region.
A “damaging ice storm” is expected to affect a region from east Arkansas to west Kentucky on Thursday, the National Weather Service said. Parts of Texas and Ohio are also likely to see ice accumulation.
The ice has already disrupted significant parts of Texas. An estimated 50,000 customers in Texas have lost power as of 6 a.m., according to PowerOutage.us. The National Weather Service office in San Angelo, Texas, also reported that “many accidents” have occurred on Interstate 20 outside the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
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Indiana has also reported several snow problems, with “numerous accidents” reported in central Indiana. Indiana and Illinois are expected to get the most snow, with expected totals between 12 inches and 18 inches, NWS meteorologist Andrew Orrison told the Associated Press.
Several state leaders have prepared local units to assist in case of trouble. Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas deployed eight National Guard units across the state in preparation for any trouble. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear preemptively declared a state of emergency before the storm hit Kentucky.
