CO2: 425.40 ppmSnow and ice had ground road travel at a halt in some places, and at least two people died in Texas. Many school districts had closed throughout a region unaccustomed to snow.
A winter storm will bury parts of the Deep South with snow through early Wednesday. Here’s a forecast for key cities in its path.
Bitter cold temperatures and snowy weather conditions forced Texas airports to suspend flights and Georgia to declare a state of emergency
“This will be the coldest air of the Winter season thus far, and in many cases the coldest in several years,” the National Weather Service warned.
A lobe of the polar vortex will arrive in the United States this weekend, bringing the lowest temperatures in years and snow and ice to the East and Deep South.
Several cities are opening warming centers to provide shelter to people who need to escape the frigid weather.
The dangerous winter storm has resulted in the deaths of at least 13 people across the U.S. and knocked out power for more than 120,000 customers in four states