Key Takeaways
- At least 1,650 flights were cancelled across Texas airports as a winter storm hit the state.
- The winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow, ice, and low temperatures to an 800-mile expanse of the southern U.S. from Texas to the Carolinas.
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott has said the state’s power grid is not expected to be an issue during the storm, but officials are preparing for downed power lines due to freezing rain and falling trees.
Houston: At least 1,650 flights were cancelled across Texas airports on Thursday morning as a winter storm hits the second largest U.S. state, according to FlightAware.
More than 13,000 flights were delayed in the state’s major airports as of Thursday morning, data from FlightAware showed.
The winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow, ice, and extremely low temperatures to an 800-mile expanse of the southern U.S. from Texas to the Carolinas, according to the U.S. National Weather Service.
A Winter Storm Warning is in effect until noon Friday for several North Texas counties, with two to five inches expected in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. More snow is likely closer to the Red River.
As of Wednesday evening, school closures were announced throughout northern Texas. School districts in the Dallas-Fort Worth area said they would be closed on Thursday and Friday.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the state’s power grid is not expected to be an issue during the storm, though officials are preparing for downed power lines due to freezing rain and falling trees.
More than 100 people died as the state’s power grid failed during back-to-back ice storms in 2021.
