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⢠A Lee County legislator and north Mississippiâs highway commissioner are exploring the possibility of allowing truckers to park and sleep overnight at state-operated weigh stations.
Rep. Jerry Turner, R-Baldwyn, has encouraged the Mississippi Department of Transportation to drop its policy banning overnight parking at its scale facilities.
Turner said when drivers need to sleep or rest, there are often limited options to get off the road.
âOne night I came by where the truck stop is at Belden. Both ramp sides had trucks lined up, coming off and on the entrance ramp,â Turner said. âTruckers were there sleeping. Thatâs not the safest thing in the world, and the truckers donât like it.â
Winter Storm Barrels Across Huge Band of U.S.
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Feb. 17, 2021, 5:09 p.m. ETFeb. 17, 2021, 5:09 p.m. ET
Frigid air, ice and snow are spreading through the central and southern states, leaving millions of people without power.
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A major winter storm hit a large part of the United States on Monday, with heavy snow and cold temperatures in Texas. Many residents are still without power.CreditCredit.Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
A sprawling winter storm continued to sweep across the country on Monday, knocking out power for millions of people as it dumped snow and ice in places where such perilously frigid conditions tend to arrive just once in a generation.
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