Insurance Journal reported
As reported Insurance Journal, all the Gulf Coast was impregnated with huge thunderstorms that brought heavy, sleet rains, fast and damaging winds, which made the weather on Gulf shore very terrible. A lot of roads were covered with the ice, creating the problems for drivers.
In Mississippi, Gov. Phil Bryant persuaded citizens to have a life saving plan if the weather would be severe.
It only takes a few minutes, and it will help everyone have a safe Christmas
Bryant said.With icy roads appeared a problem of cars pileup in Oklahoma, where mass media warned the travelers to stay home for their safety. Fast winds overturned a tree onto a car in the Houston, killing the driver. Some trees fell on a few houses, no one got injured. About 3 tornadoes were detected in Texas, which damaged only one building as reports The National Weather Service. These tornadoes were in effect near Mississipi and southern Lousiana.
At least 350 nationwide flights were canceled during the day, as reports the Flightaware.com. About half or even more were canceled out and into of Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas. More than 70.000 people lost electrisity in Mississipi, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas.
The thunderstorm brought into the continent a dense fog, which caused the problems for drivers with vision and plus they had to fight against unceasing blizzards. The western Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana states could get to 4 to 7 inches of snow. Mountainous areas of Arkansas could get fast winds and up to 10 inches of snow, which can make the travel even impossible in some places in the northern part of the state, according to Nation weather state.
The weather has changed very fast, because the storm has passed through Mississipi, Louisiana and Alabama in the evening.