Feb 15, 2021
A woman walks through falling snow Sunday in San Antonio. Snow and ice blanketed large swaths of the U.S. on Sunday, prompting canceled flights, making driving perilous and reaching into areas as far south as Texasâ Gulf Coast, where snow and sleet were expected overnight, with power outages reported in parts of Texas this morning. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
DALLAS (AP) A winter storm dropping snow and ice also sent temperatures plunging across the southern Plains, prompting a power emergency in Texas a day after conditions canceled flights and impacted traffic across large swaths of the U.S.
A frigid blast of winter weather across the U.S. plunged Texas into an unusually icy emergency Monday that knocked out power to more than 2 million people.
Rotating power outages were initiated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas early Monday morning, meaning thousands went without electricity for short periods as temperatures fell into the teens near Dallas.