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Detailed explanation-1: -This outbreak was due to the polar jet stream dipping particularly far south into the U.S., stretching from Washington to Texas, and running back north along the East Coast, allowing a polar vortex to bring very cold air across the country, and spawning multiple storms along the jet stream track as a result.

Detailed explanation-2: -In early February 2021, Winter Storm Uri hit Texas and crippled the state as temperatures dropped to as low as six degrees. As the anniversary of Uri approaches, it’s important to remember exactly what caused the deadly blackouts and what has, and hasn’t been done, to fix the grid.

Detailed explanation-3: -New Year’s Eve 1978 was the worst ice storm in North Texas in three decades, producing ice accumulations up to 2 inches thick in a 100-mile-wide swath from just west of Waco to Paris, Texas. Two thousand residents were treated for injuries from vehicle accidents, falls on ice and frostbite.

Detailed explanation-4: -7 facts from the Great Texas Freeze The costliest U.S. winter storm event on record started to unfold two years ago leading to Valentine’s Day. The historic cold snap and winter storm from Feb. 10-19 brought a gridlock of multiday societal impacts from road closures, power outages, loss of heat and busted pipes.