SHREVEPORT, La. - As expected, the second winter storm in just a few days is here and will last all day in the ArkLaTex. Snow was falling in the pre-dawn
SHREVEPORT, La. Historic cold putting historic stress on the power grid forced SWEPCO to enact rolling blackouts for the second day in a row. During these extreme temperatures, that demand has been high enough it s exceeded the system s capability to deliver. So we ve had to lower that demand, SWEPCO spokesman Peter Main says.
SWEPCO deliberately put sections of customers in the dark for a couple of hours or so, then rolled on to another section to force demand on the power grid down. The ArkLaTex area served by SWEPCO is part of the Southwest Power Pool, which is made up from all or parts of 14 states in the middle of the country.
Massive US storm leaves 20 dead, millions without power
17 Feb, 2021 02:10 AM
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City worker Kaleb Love breaks ice on a frozen fountain in Richardson, Texas. Photo / AP
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By: Bryan Anderson
A US storm that left millions without power in record-breaking cold weather has so far claimed 20 lives.
The storm that overwhelmed power grids and immobilised the Southern Plains carried heavy snow and freezing rain into New England and the Deep South and left behind painfully low temperatures. Wind-chill warnings extended from Canada into Mexico.
In all, at least 20 deaths were reported. The weather also threatened to affect the nation s Covid-19 vaccination effort. US President Joe Biden s administration said delays in vaccine shipments and deliveries were likely.
CONWAY — Winter Storm Uri, which battered the deep south earlier in the week, left its mark on the Mount Washington Valley on Tuesday, dumping a smorgasbord of snow, sleet,
A window of dry weather Tuesday helped workers plow through repairs, officials said, but some 7,000 Appalachian Power customers across Virginia remained without power.