Winter Storm to Bring Snow, Ice Across Wide Swath of US

Winter Storm to Bring Snow, Ice Across Wide Swath of US
A street sign warns drivers of ice prevention operations on highways ahead of winter weather in Dallas on Feb. 1, 2022. LM Otero/AP Photo
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AUSTIN, Texas—A huge swath of the U.S. braced Tuesday for a major winter storm that was expected to dump heavy snow in the Rockies, ice highways, disrupt travel across the Midwest and plunge temperatures below freezing in Texas.

The blast of winter weather comes nearly a year after a catastrophic freeze that devastated Texas’ power grid and knocked power out for days, causing hundreds of deaths in one of the worst blackouts in U.S. history. The forecast this week, however, does not call for the same prolonged and frigid temperatures like the February 2021 storm.