Texas Gov. Greg Abbott urged residents to stay off the roads and save energy as a winter storm sweeps through the state.
“Every part of the state will experience icy conditions in the coming days, and I urge all Texans to be vigilant against the extremely harsh weather that is coming,” Governor Abbott said Saturday.
“Stay off the roads, take deliberate steps to save energy and avoid dangerous practices such as bringing in generators or heating homes with ovens or stovetops.”
FORT WORTH FATAL ACCIDENT: SOME VICTIMS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AFTER 130 PILEUP PILEUP DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS
Authorities in Texas are strongly prepared for an accumulation of 133 cars that killed at least six people and injured dozens more in Fort Worth.
Icy conditions also led to a 13-car accident Friday in Magnolia, Texas.
Abbott has issued a state of emergency declaration for the entire state and will request a federal White House emergency declaration.
TEXAS TO GET HEAVY SNOW, BECAUSE OUR TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BUILD
“Our emergency response to this winter weather requires a joint approach between government agencies, local officials and Texans in our communities to ensure the safety and security of the Lone Star State,” Abbott said Saturday.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for nearly every state in the state, saying travel in northern and central Texas “could be very difficult … if not impossible late Sunday through Monday.”
“A few inches of snow are forecast in Oklahoma and northern Texas,” the Weather Prediction Center wrote Saturday. Snow will begin to fall throughout Texas late Saturday night.
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The temperature will drop sharply over the next 72 hours.
The Amarillo National Weather Service has warned that ‘dangerous cold wind cold fever below -20 the next three mornings are expected in the Panhandles, with Monday morning values as low as -30. “
Abbott said “roads will be very dangerous” and much of Texas will have a historically low temperature that will last for days. ‘