Weather alert issued for Toronto as heavy snowstorm approaches
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Environment Canada has issued a winter weather travel advisory for downtown Toronto and other parts of the GTA in anticipation of another fierce, widespread snow event that s expected to begin on Thursday afternoon.
It may not be as intense as the wicked storm that dumped up to 30 cm in some parts of the region on Monday, but meteorologists say the incoming system will bring enough snow to make driving conditions dangerous tonight and tomorrow morning.
SHREVEPORT, La. - One more round of light wintry mix is possible after midnight through the first half of Thursday. Only light totals are expected. Here s the timeline and precipitation
Texas’ power grid was “seconds and minutes” away from a catastrophic failure that could have left Texans in the dark for months, officials with the entity that operates the grid
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
After traveling to multiple cities in search of a hotel with electricity or an open drive-thru window Monday evening, Mahathi Koutha broke down.
She, her husband, and 3-year-old son spent the evening on the road after the first hotel they booked did not have power. Koutha, a 32-year-old doctoral student at the University of North Texas, is diabetic and 18 weeks pregnant, and could not get warm despite layers of clothing.
Her sugar levels were dropping, and the family struggled to find a store open. She could have lost around $200 worth of insulin that needed to stay cold, if her house temperature were not so low.
Icy birds-eye view above Silas Creek Parkway near Wake Forest University
Forsyth County mostly dodged a bullet as ice totals came up short of predicted amounts Thursday morning and roads never froze over.
But officials were watching to see how conditions would develop Thursday evening, when temperatures were expected to drop back below freezing, and a second wave of freezing rain was predicted to come through.
âBy early morning there may be black ice, so I would caution everyone to be careful,â said John Rhyne, the maintenance engineer for the N.C. Department of Transportation in the division that includes Forsyth.