A powerful winter storm is sweeping across the United States, bringing snow, ice and frigid temperatures and prompting authorities to warn of dangerous travel conditions and possible power outages. Governors in many states declared a state of emergency in advance of the storm.The system, which began spreading across northwest Texas and Oklahoma on Friday, is the first in a series of storm fronts expected to impact a large portion of the nation through the weekend and into early next week. From Texas through the South and up into the Northeast, forecasters have issued a wide array of winter storm warnings, placing more than 140 million people under alerts for heavy snow, ice accumulation and extreme cold.Officials said the storm’s combination of freezing rain and heavy snow could be especially hazardous for road travel and infrastructure.
So far, more than 9,000 flights have reportedly been canceled due to the major storm.
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