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She was once stuck with no power for two weeks after an ice storm in 1998.
—Mara Hoplamazian, NPR, 9 Jan. 2025
In 2021, more than 100 people died as the state's power grid failed during back-to-back ice storms.
—Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
The Texas grid was also underprepared for ice storms during the winter of 2023.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
What's next: With frigid air from the Arctic locked in place across the U.S. east of the Rockies, some computer models are projecting the possibility of a Southern snow and ice storm that could affect states from Texas to the Carolinas late this week.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1797, in the meaning defined above
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“Ice storm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20storm. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
ice storm
noun
: a storm in which falling rain freezes as it lands
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