In fact, the same dynamic storm system that spawned deadly tornadoes and unleashed significant flooding in several states over the weekend brought the winter’s first true blizzard to New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle and parts of Oklahoma.
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The Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles are bracing for what National Weather Service forecasters are calling a “historic blizzard”.
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The Oklahoma Corporation Commission reported Monday afternoon more than 147,000 homes and businesses across the state had lost power during the storm. The storms to the northwest will be quite intense, and will likely prompt a tornado watch to be issued for a large section of North Texas.
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“It’s complete destruction”, said Mr Barineau.
In Texas, powerful tornadoes, with winds of up to 200 miles an hour, reduced hundreds of homes to rubble and blew cars off the road. The site reported the natural phenomenon cause an average of 70 fatalities and 1,500 injuries in the country each year. Water rescues were reported in eastern Oklahoma and flood warnings remained in effect Monday for almost a dozen rivers and creeks, including the Canadian River near Calvin, the Neosho River near Chouteau, and the Washita River in southern Oklahoma.
That figure includes 23 people who slipped and fell, 20 who were injured in crashes and nine who suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Yesterday it was announced that Missouri was in state of emergency as a outcome of the huge flooding and river levels that are expected to rise in the next days.
While extreme weather in the USA around Christmas is not unknown, meteorologists say that unusually high temperatures in some areas added to the severity of the storms. Others were electrocuted and had their cars swept away.
Forecasters are predicting as much as 2 inches of snow across parts of the state Tuesday evening.
“Someone may look out the winter in Albuquerque or Santa Fe and say, ‘It doesn’t seem that bad, ‘ but it is extremely bad”. Much of the state is expected to see a wintry mix of rain, light snow and freezing temperatures.
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“It’s going to be a straight-up blizzard for eastern New Mexico [and the] Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, and then south of there and east of there, you’ve got some ice to deal with, and that’s going to be very risky, as well”, Sarsalari said.
