A massive winter storm swept across the central and Northeast United States on Thursday where it was delivering heavy snow and ice, making travel treacherous if not impossible, knocking out power to thousands and closing schools in several states.
Winter and ice storm warnings remained in ef-fect for a wide swathe of the United States that reached from Texas up through the Midwest and into New England until Friday morning, the Na-tional Weather Service (NWS) said.
More than 100 million people across at least 25 states were under winter weather alerts on Thurs-day, CNN reported.
A damaging ice storm is underway in portions of Texas, Arkansas and Kentucky. More than a half inch of ice may accumulate by Friday morning in some spots, possibly causing power outages, tree damage and dangerous travel conditions, the weather service warned.—Reuters
