More than a thousand flights were cancelled and hundreds of thousands of Americans were without power on Friday as a winter ice storm hit south-central parts of the country, according to dpa. "Heavy snow and freezing rain are expected from the Ohio Valley into central Texas. Icy conditions will cause dangerous driving conditions and extended power outages are possible," according to the National Weather Service. More than 230,000 customers were without power in the Dallas-Forth Worth metro area on Friday morning, according Oncor, Texas's largest energy provider. Scattered outages were also reported in other parts of the state. More than one thousand flights were cancelled early Friday, according to Flightaware, an online flight tracker. School in a number of cities in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma were cancelled on Friday, while an annual marathon in downtown Dallas, which was slated for Saturday, was also reported cancelled. -- SPA 21:01 LOCAL TIME 18:01 GMT تغريد
