USA: Severe winter weather knocks out power and causes havoc from Missouri to Oklahoma.

Severe winter weather knocks out power and causes havoc from Missouri to Oklahoma. A major winter blast that's bearing down in the Northeast United States left a trail of ice, snow and power outages on Tuesday (January 16) and has been blamed for up to 40 deaths in half a dozen states. After it thaws, the cleanup could take days, even weeks. Utility crews in Missouri have been working around the clock to restore power. The icy scene is being replayed across several states. In Wagnoner, Oklahoma, a coat of ice up to three inches thick left Delores Scott and her family with broken power lines and a yard full of frozen tree limbs. From Texas to Maine, where the winter blast left more than a half million people without power. "I've never been in anything like this. Worried about keeping my family warm," said storm victim, Sara Barnes. In Portland Oregon icy streets led to dozens of accidents as drivers could not control their vehicles on the slippery roads. was/jrc

ITN Source | January 17, 2007

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