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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

GHOST TOWNS IN THE U.S. SOUTH AS POWER OUTAGES AND 'CATASTROPHIC' ICE STORM HIT THE AREA


Deserted roads, more than 3,300 canceled flights and panic buying make Atlanta resemble a ghost town as the South battens down the hatches for 'catastrophic' ice storm

  • Meteorologists say the South will be hit with a storm that only happens once every 10 or 20 years
  • Forecasters warned that the storm could be even worse than one in 2000 that left thousands without power for days
  • Atlanta officials promise they are better prepared for the rain, sleet and freezing rain that is expected to pummel the city
  • City schools have been closed until Thursday and emergency preparations began in earnest on Monday morning
  • Already 3,000 flights have been canceled in Atlanta, Dallas and Charlotte
  • Storm to dump more wintry weather on North East on Thursday
  • Delta Airlines employees are sleeping on their planes because there are no hotel rooms across the South

    • Read more and see pictures
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2556725/Nearly-900-flights-canceled-South-braces-second-massive-winter-storm-two-weeks.html


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    DALLAS NEWS - ATLANTA — An ice storm gripped the winter-weary South on Wednesday, knocking out power to a wide swath of the region as the outages nearly doubled by the hour, and forecasters warned the worst of the potentially "catastrophic" storm was yet to come.
     
    From Texas to the Carolinas and the South's business hub in Atlanta, roads were slick, businesses and schools were closed and people hunkered down for the storm. Just hours into it, sleet, snow and freezing rain had encased tree limbs, sending them crashing on to power lines. More than 100,000 homes and businesses were without power and the number steadily increased. Forecasters warned relief with warmer temperatures wasn't expected until Thursday.
     
    Officials and forecasters in several states used unusually dire language in warnings, and they agreed that the biggest concern was ice, which could knock out power for days. Winds, with gusts up to 30 mph in parts of Georgia, exacerbated problems.
     
    In Atlanta, where a storm took the metro region by surprise and stranded thousands in vehicles just two weeks ago, tens of thousands of customers were reported without power. City roads and interstates were largely desolate, showing few vehicle tracks as most people heeded warnings to stay home.

    Read more - Power outages hit Atlanta as ice storm encases parts of South
    http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20140212-power-outages-hit-atlanta-as-ice-storm-encases-parts-of-south.ece



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