Millions without power in Texas as snowstorm slams U.S.
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BRONTE WITTPENN/AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN VIA AP
Snow blankets a neighborhood in Austin on Monday, Feb. 15. After a heavy night of snow, the National Weather Service has received reports from around Central Texas of snowfall totals as high as half a foot.BRONTE WITTPENN/AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN VIA AP
Snow covers Zach Scott Street across from Mueller Lake Park in Austin on Monday, Feb. 15. After a heavy night of snow, the National Weather Service has received reports from around Central Texas of snowfall totals as high as half a foot.JAY JANNER/AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN VIA AP
Andrea Danburg sleds in Butler Park after a heavy snow on Monday Feb. 15.BRONTE WITTPENN/AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN VIA AP
Snow blankets a neighborhood near the Mueller Development in Austin on Monday, Feb. 15. After a heavy night of snow, the National Weather Service has received reports from around Central Texas of snowfall totals as high as half a foot.BRONTE WITTPENN/AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN VIA AP
Dozens of people sled down a hill at Mueller Lake Park in Austin on Monday, Feb. 15. After a heavy night of snow, the National Weather Service has received reports from around Central Texas of snowfall totals as high as half a foot.JAY JANNER/AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN VIA AP
Ehsan M. rides a snowboard behind a friend's SUV in a parking lot in Travis Heights after a heavy snow on Monday Feb. 15.BRETT COOMER/HOUSTON CHRONICLE VIA AP
Traffic is sparse on the snow-covered I-45 near The Woodlands Parkway following an overnight snowfall Monday, Feb. 15, in The Woodlands, Texas. Temperatures plunged into the teens Monday with light snow and freezing rain.RICARDO B. BRAZZIELL/AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN VIA AP
Bryce (who wants just to be identified by his first name) walks to his friend's home as snow covers the BlackHawk neighborhood in Pflugerville, Texas on Monday morning Feb. 15. Most homes in the area were without power for nearly 8 hours. Atmos Energy and other power companies were performing rotating outages to protect the electric grid.JERRY LARSON/WACO TRIBUNE HERALD VIA AP
People push a car free after spinning out in the snow Monday, Feb. 15 in Waco, Texas. A winter storm that brought snow, ice and plunging temperatures across the southern Plains and caused a power emergency in Texas stretched its frigid fingers down to the Gulf Coast.RICARDO B. BRAZZIELL/AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN VIA AP
Sanders Archibad,6, helps his brother Avett, 8, remove snow from their front door. Snow covers the BlackHawk neighborhood in Pflugerville, Texas on Monday, Feb. 15. Most homes in the area were without power for nearly 8 hours. Atmos Energy and other power companies were performing rotating outages to protect the electric grid.JERRY LARSON/WACO TRIBUNE-HERALD VIA AP
People push a car free after spinning out in the snow Monday, Feb. 15, in Waco, Texas. A winter storm that brought snow, ice and plunging temperatures across the southern Plains and caused a power emergency in Texas stretched its frigid fingers down to the Gulf Coast.