That stretch of highway is brutal to be trapped on. feeling for those drivers right now because in that area and here in dallas we re still facing subfreezing temperatures for at least another 24 hours in some areas. there is a windchill advisory in the coastal city of corpus christi. that is borderline unheard of. meanwhile, here in dallas, any precipitation that fell yesterday was more or less packed down and is now frozen on a lot of the area roadways into a complete sheet of ice. we just witnessed an accident, in fact, about 100 yards from where we re standing when a car ran into a power pole, causing a couple nearby transformers to pop. and that s an important note, chris, because as we look at the texas state power grid that was crippled and failed in many ways this time last year during a storm, we expected to have the highest level of demand placed upon it this morning with these incredibly low temperatures. at last check, the grid is performing as needed.
Time, so many hopes and dreams have faded, others have been passed from one generation to the next. and among those generations, dreams are literally owning a piece of america to call your own. owning land. here s more. along highway 10 in rural south carolina, is a town called promised land. was founded in 1870. a safe place for and by formerly enslaved people. after newly lected black lawmakers created legislation to block black people when others wouldn t. are willy neal norman jr. is a promiseland descendant. when people ask where i m from. i tell them i live in the promiseland in route to the promiseland. finally free, determined to reunite with family and build new lives from scratch.
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Stay tuned for that. now to that nasty storm, that snow and ice that s making life miserable for millions of people right now. it stretches roughly 2,000 miles from texas to new england. more than 350,000 people are without power right now across eight states as temperatures dip below freezing. for people trying to travel, it has been a nightmare from widespread flight cancellations to at least a quarter inch of ice on roads in places like oklahoma, arkansas, and ohio. and check out this scene in texas, multiple crashes that have blocked highway 10 leaving traffic at a stand still there, drivers stuck in their cars for hours, temperatures in the low 20s. nbc s morgan chesky is a little further north in dallas. what s it like where you are, morgan? what can you tell us? reporter: another frigid morning, and a quick note, i actually grew up in curville.
A pedestrian identified as 59-year-old resident Darrell Ray Thomas of Morrow was killed in a St. Landry Parish crash late Thursday night, Louisiana State Police (LSP) say.
Across louisiana with mandatory evacuations. most people left. we saw the backlog on the interstate, highway 10 as people heeded the warnings from officials. but now it s my job as a meteorologist and as a reporter to tell you why you left your home and what you can expect when you return home safely after the storm has passed. wolf? do you get the sense most of the folks where you are did evacuate? or are they hunkered down, staying put? reporter: we don t have any official numbers. however the stream of cars we saw leaving the region was most people heeded the warning. i m going to have to keep looking over hi shoulder. as we enter the outer there s two eye walls. two outer bands associated with the eye wall. as it approaches this area,
That bus. we ll bring you updates as soon as they are available. more breaking news to report as we have this new video showing the damage from a reported tornado this morning in southern alabama. several homes have been destroyed and a school was significantly damaged. the likely tornado was spawned from that tropical storm claudette, and then there s this just in, the florida highway patrol, the highway 10 is closed in both directions due to high winds. flooding is also a concern across the region. we ll keep you updated on all of these developing stories. we have some new encouraging you in numbers in the coronavirus to share. president biden has had 300 million covid vaccines in 150 days. at this hour, 65% of adults have gotten at least one shot. canada is expanding its ban on non-essential travel and that ban has been in place since