An ice storm, which could prove to be one of the worst to hit the United States in years, unfolded across portions of the southern Plains Thursday morning into Friday evening. However, due to lingering cold air in the area, the recovery from the storm could take days.
The worst of the icing occurred from northeastern Texas through western Tennessee, as widespread power outages left more than 260,000 without power around the Dallas area by Friday morning.
On Thursday, Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe declared a statewide disaster and in Texas, Gov. Rick Perry issued a disaster declaration for 143 of the state's 254 counties.
Close to 10,000 Entergy customers in just four counties lost power in Arkansas and Mississippi and in Missouri, more than 3,000 Ameren Missouri customers also lost power. Repairs to power lines are expected to take days.
"With a major storm that affects a large area of our territory, power restoration for all customers could take between five to seven days to complete, with the majority of customers being back in service much sooner than that," said Brady Aldy, transmission and distribution operations director for Entergy Arkansas Inc.
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