Abnormal freezes and melting glaciers highlight global challenge of climate change By Karl Wilson in Sydney and Vivien Xu in Hong Kong | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-02-19 17:02 A man removes snow from a car during a snowstorm in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Feb 2, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
It is being called the Big Freeze as abnormal winter snowstorms and freezing temperatures cut a crippling swathe through large parts of the United States.
The southern state of Texas is, for the first time ever, blanketed in snow paralyzing the state s electricity grid, causing deaths and filling hospital beds already struggling with COVID-19 cases with dozens of people suffering from hyperthermia.
Updated Information
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The KOMU 8 First Alert Weather Team is inÂ
Storm Mode 3 (on a 0-5 scale) through Wednesday (Feb. 17).
This is for another round of accumulating snow Wednesday.Â
WEDNESDAY SNOW (STORM MODE 3)
Passing snow showers will continue through the afternoon, and slowly start to come to an end for the evening. We will see some dry time, and even a few peeks of sunshine are possible this afternoon. Snowfall totals, including what has already fallen and what will fall before the snow ends will range from 1-3 Â
SHREVEPORT, La. - As expected, the second winter storm in just a few days is here and will last all day in the ArkLaTex. Snow was falling in the pre-dawn