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.
More than 2.7 million Texans are still without power as of Monday afternoon, according to poweroutage.us
About 150 million Americans are still under ice or winter weather advisories as Winter Storm Uri continues to produce dangerous conditions across much of the country, including perilous ice and low temperatures
The National Weather Service said that the forecast through early Tuesday predicts 8 to 12 inches of snow in central Oklahoma, and up to 8 inches in an area from eastern Texas to the Ohio Valley in the Northeast
By mid-morning on Monday, 3,000 flights had been canceled across the country, about 1,600 of them at Dallas/Fort Worth International and Bush Intercontinental airports in Texas
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.