A major storm forced more than 300 flights to be canceled in Dallas-Fort Worth on Sunday. It is also blamed for hundreds of traffic accidents. The storm is bringing snow, sleet and ice across the U.S. ahead of the Thanksgiving weekend. (Nov. 25) AP
Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY 9:33 a.m. EST November 25, 2013
A Department of Transportation plow and sanding truck heads up Paseo del Norte in Albuquerque, N.M., on Nov. 24.(Photo: Jim Thompson, Albuquerque Journal, via AP)
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A nasty blast of Arctic air blamed for eight deaths in the West and the disruption of hundreds of flights out of Dallas is bearing down on the East Coast in time to snarl Thanksgiving travel in the Mid-Atlantic region and New England.
The storm was expected to move out of North Texas at mid-day Monday, but not before leaving another coating of rain, light freezing rain and light sleet.
As it moves eastward, the cold air is also expected to dip into the South, bringing freezing rain and sleet Monday to Arkansas, southern Missouri, northern Louisiana, northwest Mississippi and parts of west Tennessee.
More than 300 flights were canceled Sunday at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, representing about one-third of the scheduled departures.
The city of Dallas, which had declared "Ice Force Level 1" to cope with hazardous road conditions, was bracing for more trouble Monday, but meteorologists said the worst appeared to be over.
The nasty winter storm was also expected to move out of the Southern Plains by Monday, with a gradual return to warmer weather.
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By early Sunday, the weather was blamed for at least eight deaths in the West in several traffic accidents.
Few areas of the Southwest were spared. A mix of snow, sleet and ice closed some roads along the New Mexico-Texas border, into the El Paso area, while Flagstaff, Ariz., was digging out of nearly a foot of snow.
Portions of New Mexico were blanketed by several inches of snow, with near white-out conditions reported along stretches of Interstate 40 west of Albuquerque.
Some communities in southwestern Oklahoma were also hit by snow, with the town of Atlus recording several inches.
The National Weather Service said the Mid-Atlantic and New England would begin to feel the first effects by Tuesday with light snow or a wintry six east of the mountains.
"For the busiest travel day of the year, Wednesday, accumulating snow will continue in the interior Northeast, from Upstate New York to the central Appalachians," The Weather Channel reports. "A thin band of sleet and freezing rain is possible north and west of Interstate 95 from Maine to northwest Virginia, as rain persists from coastal New England to New York City, perhaps persisting farther south."
Contributing: Associated Press
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Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY 9:33 a.m. EST November 25, 2013
A Department of Transportation plow and sanding truck heads up Paseo del Norte in Albuquerque, N.M., on Nov. 24.(Photo: Jim Thompson, Albuquerque Journal, via AP)
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A nasty blast of Arctic air blamed for eight deaths in the West and the disruption of hundreds of flights out of Dallas is bearing down on the East Coast in time to snarl Thanksgiving travel in the Mid-Atlantic region and New England.
The storm was expected to move out of North Texas at mid-day Monday, but not before leaving another coating of rain, light freezing rain and light sleet.
As it moves eastward, the cold air is also expected to dip into the South, bringing freezing rain and sleet Monday to Arkansas, southern Missouri, northern Louisiana, northwest Mississippi and parts of west Tennessee.
More than 300 flights were canceled Sunday at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, representing about one-third of the scheduled departures.
The city of Dallas, which had declared "Ice Force Level 1" to cope with hazardous road conditions, was bracing for more trouble Monday, but meteorologists said the worst appeared to be over.
The nasty winter storm was also expected to move out of the Southern Plains by Monday, with a gradual return to warmer weather.
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By early Sunday, the weather was blamed for at least eight deaths in the West in several traffic accidents.
Few areas of the Southwest were spared. A mix of snow, sleet and ice closed some roads along the New Mexico-Texas border, into the El Paso area, while Flagstaff, Ariz., was digging out of nearly a foot of snow.
Portions of New Mexico were blanketed by several inches of snow, with near white-out conditions reported along stretches of Interstate 40 west of Albuquerque.
Some communities in southwestern Oklahoma were also hit by snow, with the town of Atlus recording several inches.
The National Weather Service said the Mid-Atlantic and New England would begin to feel the first effects by Tuesday with light snow or a wintry six east of the mountains.
"For the busiest travel day of the year, Wednesday, accumulating snow will continue in the interior Northeast, from Upstate New York to the central Appalachians," The Weather Channel reports. "A thin band of sleet and freezing rain is possible north and west of Interstate 95 from Maine to northwest Virginia, as rain persists from coastal New England to New York City, perhaps persisting farther south."
Contributing: Associated Press
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