DALLAS, Texas — The coldest temperatures in decades hit a large portion of the Central and Southern Plains on Tuesday morning, with lows dropping below zero all the way down to Texas. Hundreds of record low temperatures have been set with the current cold blast, and many locations Tuesday morning saw their coldest temperatures seen
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EL PASO, Texas — A winter storm rolled through the Borderland Sunday bringing snow and freezing temperatures into Monday. Around El Paso, pets were left outside to freeze causing Animal Services to issue 70 citations, according to a spokesperson. Animal Services had 15 animal protections officers roaming the street and responding to calls Sunday and
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EL PASO, Texas — The winter storm and bone-chilling temps may have kept many El Pasoans indoors, but for those required to work outdoors – it was not going to stop them from clocking in. “I put some boots on, double socks, gloves, put some latex gloves underneath my gloves so my hands wouldn’t get
Continue ReadingHOUSTON, Texas — Some of the warmest places in Texas, where rolling power outages are occurring across the chilly state, are inside cars and trucks parked in the driveway of a home without electricity. Chey Louis of Irving told CNN his family in Grand Prairie had planned a small socially distanced gathering to celebrate his
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Homeless men and women braved the bitter cold Sunday night with damp blankets, thin tents and cardboard boxes. “We are homeless, but we are still human beings just like everyone else,” said Andre Caldera. “I’m a teenager,” said Dante Rivera, who has lived on the streets for two months. “I
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (KVIA) — A massive power outage Monday affected millions of people in Juárez and some other areas in the state of Chihuahua. ABC-7’s news partners in Juárez, Canal 44, reported that major cities like Chihuahua and Monterrey were also without power. The National Center of Energy Control (CENAC) tweeted that there was
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El PASO, Texas — Numerous roads throughout the Borderland remained icy Monday, 24 hours after a snowy and bitterly cold winter storm invaded the region and triggered hundreds of traffic crashes. (You can watch video from one of those pileups in the video player above.) While winter weather and wind chill advisories throughout the area
Continue ReadingHOUSTON, Texas — Rolling power blackouts were ordered across Texas early Monday morning as a winter storm gripped the state. The rotating outages will likely last throughout Monday morning and could continue until the state’s weather emergency ends, said the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), a major grid operator that controls about 90% of
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EL PASO, Texas — Due to the winter storm impacting the Borderland on Sunday, here are the latest closures, cancellations and delays… El Paso International Airport flights are being impacted Sunday. Information about flight delays and cancellations is available online: elpasointernationalairport.com/flights/departures.The City of El Paso’s administrative offices and all municipal courts will delay opening until 10
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EL PASO, Texas — A strong storm system blanketed much of the Borderland with several inches of snow Sunday as the area also was set to see cold wind chills overnight resulting from strong winds and plummeting temperatures. “We’ll see the coldest air and temperatures we’ve seen since 2011 by Monday morning,” warned ABC-7 chief meteorologist
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Office of Emergency Management is operating seven warming centers throughout the city on Sunday and Monday, while Hudspeth County has opened two in Sierra Blanca, for those in need of a heated place to go during the extremely cold temperatures that are accompanying this weekend’s winter storm. RELATED
Continue ReadingDALLAS, Texas — There’s “no shortage of winter weather hazards” across the U.S. Sunday morning, with more than 150 million Americans under weather warnings, watches or advisories, according to the Weather Prediction Center. RELATED STORY: Winter Storm Warning for Borderland as snow, cold arrive; Transmountain road closed But there’s one particularly ferocious winter storm that’s taking aim at
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UPDATE, Feb. 13: The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for El Paso and Dona Ana counties from 7 a.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday. The NWS forecast total snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches with winds gusting up to 35 mph. “Most of the snow accumulation is expected to occur
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UPDATE, Feb. 13: Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday urged Texans to stay alert as the National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings or watches for most of the state. He also said experts fear that electricity demand during the frigid temperatures could cause power outages. RELATED STORY: Winter Weather Advisory in El Paso, Dona Ana
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FORT WORTH, Texas — At least six people were killed and dozens more injured Thursday morning following an icy, more than 100-vehicle freeway pileup, according to Fort Worth police and fire officials. In all, 65 people were hurt in the accident; 36 were taken to hospitals from the crash, several with critical injuries, said Matt
Continue ReadingWhen it’s 9 degrees in Chicago, you can see your frozen breath in the air, feel the arctic sting on your face and, on this February morning, bask in the warmth of a caring man armed with 50 tamales. Restaurateur Robert Magiet just purchased the Mexican rollups from a street vendor. It was the seller’s
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EL PASO, Texas — Historic wildfires, excessive heat, and drought are all things that we experienced in the Southwest and West Coast this past year. It’s safe to say that last year was brutal–it was the second hottest summer on record. The Borderland along with Arizona battled record heat. El Paso had 57 100-degree days
Continue ReadingA driver survived a 70-foot plunge off of a roadway Saturday and a Wisconsin Department of Transportation traffic camera recorded the dramatic scene. The incident is just one of many that have occurred across the Midwest where snow, sub-zero temperatures and freezing rain have created dangerous, icy roadway conditions. More than 41 million people remain
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Andy Jessen was the mayor pro tempore of Eagle, Colorado. Sarah Moughamian, a lover of all things outdoors, spent all the free time she had in the Utah snow. Army Ranger Matthew Nyman survived a helicopter crash in Iraq that crushed his foot but he learned to climb again, most recently on Alaska’s Bear Mountain.
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Four skiers were killed and four others rescued after an avalanche over the weekend in a back-country ski area near Salt Lake City, police said. The Unified Police Department of Salt Lake City received a hang-up call around 11:40 a.m. Saturday, and then received a report that there had been an avalanche in the Wilson
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EL PASO, Texas — It was Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, when an intense arctic air mass moved into southern New Mexico and far west Texas. The weather system brought locally heavy snowfall to portions of the area on the night of Feb. 1st and into the afternoon of the 2nd, and was followed by several
Continue ReadingThursday brought havoc to the roads in Iowa and left dozens of people stranded by ice floes in Wisconsin, with a powerful winter storm showing no signs of abating in the Midwest. Whiteout conditions along Interstate 80 west of Newton, Iowa, led to a 40-vehicle pileup there, the state patrol said Thursday afternoon. Troopers, who
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EL PASO, Texas — The Borderland on Wednesday shattered a high temperature record that goes back more than a century. The official temperature at the El Paso International Airport reached 77 degrees as of 3 p.m. Wednesday. That broke the old high temperature record for Feb. 3 of 76 degrees that was set back in
Continue ReadingThree skiers are missing after getting caught in a large avalanche between the Colorado towns of Silverton and Ophir, according to a preliminary report from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. The three belonged to a larger group of back-country skiers who were traveling Monday and triggered the avalanche in an area locally known as “The
Continue ReadingNEW YORK, NY — Instead of closing schools and giving students snow days, the latest winter storm is shutting down vaccination sites and snarling other pandemic-related services in many states that could see as much as a foot of snow by Monday evening. Lara Pagano, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said a nor’easter developing off the
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CHICAGO, Illinois — After days of frigid temperatures, the Northeast braced for a whopper of a storm that could dump well over a foot of snow in many areas, create blizzard-like conditions and cause travel problems for the next few days. The storm system blanketed parts of the Midwest with the most snow some places
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LOS ANGELES, CA (KABC) — Baby on the move! We’re all making do with working from home, but sometimes there are certain things we can’t control. ABC7’s Leslie Lopez had a surprise visitor during her morning weather forecast, making for one adorable news blooper. In the video, you can see her 10-month-old son, Nolan, crawling
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EL PASO, Texas — In recent months, drought has surged to extreme levels across parts of the Borderland. According to the latest update by the U.S. Drought Monitor, it doesn’t look good for our region. This winter areas of New Mexico and far west Texas has been in the D3 category; this is extreme drought.
Continue ReadingA tornado-spawning storm tore across the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday, forcing the temporary closure of Tallahassee International Airport. The city posted photos of a hangar ripped apart and a small plane flipped upside down. “Due to impacts from the severe weather moving through the area, Tallahassee International Airport is temporarily closed for damage assessment,” the
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A tornado-spawning storm tore across the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday, damaging Tallahassee International Airport. The city posted photos of a hangar ripped apart and a small plane flipped upside down “Due to impacts from the severe weather moving through the area, Tallahassee International Airport is temporarily closed for damage assessment,” the airport tweeted. “Currently, no
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