Winter storm brings rain, snow, havoc; worse weather on the way

Obvious sign that adverse weather conditions could occur. Announcing, Jim Cantore, the fearless Weather Channel correspondent at the front of the dangerous storms, has been deployed to Boone, North Carolina, about 90 km away. northeast of Asheville.

"I think when people get up tomorrow morning, they will have to stay where they are," Cantone said in an interview with John Ward, director of Boone City. "I think it's going to be – forgive the word – to bring snow on the outside."

Emergency authorities brought in additional personnel and carefully monitored whether the ice was accumulating under the snow, making travel more and more dangerous.

"If we do, it will make it dangerous to travel," said Jerry VeHaun, Buncombe County Emergency Services Director, covering Asheville. "But we're just watching the weather and making sure we're ready to react as we see fit."

As of Saturday noon, there were 1,341 delayed flights and 120 canceled flights across the United States, according to FlightStats.com. George Bush International Airport in Houston reported 210 delayed flights.

American Airlines, United, Southwest, Delta and Frontier began to increase ticket change fees for some weekend flights in anticipation of the storm.

In scenes reminiscent of last year's deadly Hurricane Harvey flood, Houston motorists abandoned cars flooded by floodwaters. At least two cars were abandoned near downtown at the Memorial Drive overpass. from Houston Avenue and over a dozen cars blocked by high water on West Bellfort near US Highway 59, according to Click2Houston.com.

Lubbock was covered with more than 10 cm of white snow covering much of the northern Texas city.

"TEXANS: Be alert to the weather in the next few days, there may be floods and even snow and ice depending on where you are," said Friday. Governor Greg Abbott on Twitter "Respect local warnings and stay safe."

Six bayous in the Houston area have overflowed their banks and parts of Houston and Harris County have received more than six inches of rain over the past two days College Station, Texas, also reported four inches of rain, breaking a record in 1931, according to the National Weather Service.

Much of the wet matter was leaving Texas and the storm had to continue moving eastward.After crossing the southeast, it should go out to sea and not head north along the eastern seaboard, as did the storms of the past , said Samuhel. [1965] 9008] The governor of Oklahoma, Mary Fallin, declared the state of emergency for the 77 counties before the winter storm, but the storm that was to dump more than half a foot Snow on parts of western and central Oklahoma was downgraded on Friday. In Oklahoma City, where freezing rain and snow were expected from Friday to Saturday, winter storm monitoring was replaced by a travel advisory.

High school and playoff games have been reported in Arkansas and the Christmas Parades in Tulsa, Oklahoma and South Carolina. Parts of north-central Arkansas could experience "dramatic winter conditions," the National Weather Service said.

Contribute: Jessica Guynn and Doyle Rice from the United States and The Citizen Times.

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