The United States Coast Guard announced a rescue operation after 18 people snowmobiling in Lake Erie in Ohio were trapped on a slab of ice that broke off on the frozen lake.
The city of Austin in Texas has issued a city-wide boil water notice after Austin Water's Ullrich Walter Treatment Plant is out of service due to an internal treatment process issue.
Around 5,000 flights have been canceled across the United States, particularly those scheduled on Wednesday and Thursday as the nation prepares for a disruptive winter storm that is seen to sweep through Texas.
Hurricane Ida is seen to hit the northern U.S. Gulf Coast as a major hurricane this weekend, bringing life-threatening storm surge and dangerous rainfall flooding.