Molla Master shared a link. 13 hours ago near Dhaka Qudrati Punishment - including oppression america Europe - have time to ''taobah'' Muslims............. By Daniella Silva, NBC News Much of the U.S. was in the grip of ice, snow and subzero temperatures on Saturday, and forecasters said anyone who wasn’t feeling the freeze yet would likely be slipping, sliding or shivering by early next week. A powerful snowstorm that slammed the West Coast on Saturday added to wintry woes that left icy roads and power outages stretching from Texas to the Rockies late Friday. The new storm dumped heavy snow in parts of California and Oregon and closed Interstate 5 – the major north-south artery – for several hours on the Grapevine, north of Los Angeles. Numerous cold fronts, some accompanied by snow and icy rain, were bedeviling other parts of the country, and forecasters said they were expected to continue over the weekend, including areas already pummeled by ice and freezing rain over last week. Winter storm warnings were in effect for parts of California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado with winter storm advisories were posted for yoming, New Mexico and Arizona. Advertise | AdChoices Other states, including Texas and Oklahoma, that were hit by freezing rain and snow late Friday, remained in the crosshairs. Icy, treacherous sections of Interstate 35 north of Dallas were closed for hours at a time as tractor-trailers had trouble climbing hills, wrecks occurred and vehicles stalled, authorities said. Jody Gonzalez, chief of Denton County Emergency Services, said about 200 people were in shelters in the Sanger area after getting stuck on the highway. People in that area of I-35 were driving through ruts in 4-inch-thick ice, he said. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport cancelled 800 flights on Saturday due to the weather, creating a three-day total of 2,705 cancelled flights. That was having a domino effect in other parts of the country. Farther north, subzero temperatures were the norm. “It’s very bitter cold air, we’ve had lows in the minus 30s in Montana this morning,” said Chris Dolce, a meteorologist at the Weather Channel. “One place was even down to minus 41.” Dolce said the cold air led to power outages in the Great Falls, Mont., area. Record low temperatures were expected in many locations across California and into the Rockies and Plains this weekend, with North Dakota already hitting its record low of minus 24 degrees. Las Vegas was expecting temperatures near 27. The cold has posed challenges for citrus growers in California, with freezing temperatures threatening crops, according to a statement from California Citrus Mutual. With low temperatures expected to continue in the region, the extent of the storms damage has yet to be determined. Deadly weather has gripped the U.S., cancelling flights and causing deaths. The cold weather is expected to continue, with snow and ice in the forecast. NBC's Mark Potter and TODAY's Dylan Dreyer report. Through early Sunday, snowfall was expected across Nevada, Utah, southern Idaho, northern and central Arizona, northern New Mexico and Colorado, according to the Weather Channel. The mountain regions of Utah and Colorado were expected to see over a foot of snow. Parts of Texas, Oregon and Salt Lake City were also forecast to receive snow. The forecasts spurred cancellation of several events, including the Dallas Marathon on Sunday, which had been expected to draw 25,000 runners, and the St. Jude Marathon in Memphis, which had registered more than 20,000 people. The storm was expected to spread “quickly” over the Midwest to the Mid-South and eventually as far as the Northeast by Monday. Almost the entire country will see below average temperatures by next week, according to the Weather Channel. The Mid-Atlantic could see snow followed by sleet and freezing rain creating “slick travel conditions and the possibility of power outages,” Dolce said. “Travel delays are probably the biggest human impact,” Dolce said. “If you are in an affected area, stay indoors. Don’t risk traveling if you don’t have to. Wait until the roads get treated and taken care of.” Baltimore and Philadelphia could also see a few inches of snow, followed by freezing rain and sleet beginning Sunday. By Monday, the wintry mess will extend as far as New York, parts of Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Maine, forecasters said. The winter weather is expected to linger, with continued snow and lower than normal temperatures persisting in states through the middle of the week, said Kelsey Angle, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. This storm follows a cold blast that killed at least 12 people and left hundreds of thousands without power. In North Texas, roughly 165,000 people were left without power Friday night. Several states still faced power outages on Saturday morning with utility companies in Arkansas reporting a total of more than 15,800 people left without power in Arkansas and 7,700 outages in Oklahoma, according to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. Advertise | AdChoices “The first winter storm that was affecting parts of the south yesterday is gone, now it’s dealing with the icy conditions left behind,” Dolce said. But Angle said the worry with the new storm isn’t ice. “With this one that’s unfolding right now it will be more snow than sleet,” he said. All the moving parts of the weather system have made for an interesting beginning to the month, said the Weather Channel's Dolce. “The first seven days of the month have been extreme," he said. "It’s a very nasty start to December in many parts of the country.” This story was originally published on Sat Dec 7, 2013 ndtv.com/article/world/deadly-ice-storm-in-us-knocks-out-power-halts-flights-455546