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[h=4]At least 9 dead as storms and ice hammer Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas[/h]A slow-moving, complex weather system is blamed for at least 9 deaths.
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A Garland, Texas man called for help before his car was flooded with water. He wasn't rescued in time. Those who were know they could have just as easily lost their lives.
Krystal Wright scrapes ice from her car's windshield Friday, Nov. 27, 2015 in Wichita, Kan. The winter weather left a layer of ice on roads and cars early Friday morning after a heavy rain on Thanksgiving day that set a record with over 2 inches of rain.(Photo: Brian Corn/The Wichita Eagle via AP)
Fierce weather<span style="color: Red;">*</span>hammered Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma<span style="color: Red;">*</span>over the long holiday weekend, claiming at least nine lives<span style="color: Red;">*</span>as freezing rain caused accidents and flood waters swept people from their cars.
Four people were killed in floods in North Texas, WFAA-TV reported.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>At<span style="color: Red;">*</span>least five others died as a result of accidents related to ice storms in Kansas and Oklahoma, the Associated Press reported.
Ice accumulation was up to an inch thick in north central Oklahoma on one of the nation's busiest travel weekends.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>About 100 crashes were reported in the Texas panhandle and south Plains through late Friday.
"It's a very dangerous situation when you get temperatures like that near freezing. The ice may look like it's just water," said Alex Sosnowski, Accuweather senior meteorologist. "The fact is when ice is near freezing, it's much slipperier than when it goes down near 20 degrees."
Temperatures in Kansas and Oklahoma will remain at or near freezing through Saturday night.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The storm will make it difficult for millions to get home Sunday after the long Thanksgiving weekend, AccuWeather reported.
Ice storm warnings remained in effect Saturday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>for the Texas panhandle and Oklahoma, and freezing rain is expected to continue into Saturday night in Oklahoma and Kansas, where thousands were without power from downed tree lines, according to the AP.
Rains in Texas will also continue into the night, and a second band of wet weather will move through the rain-drenched state Sunday,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>bringing an additional half-inch to an inch-and-a-quarter of rainfall, said Paul Walker, a senior meteorologist with Accuweather. The state will begin to dry out Monday as the storm moves into the Central Plains and Midwest, he added.
Rainfall totals for Texas<span style="color: Red;">*</span>surpassed a 24-year record set<span style="color: Red;">*</span>at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, reaching well over 4 1/2-feet, or 55.91 inches,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>for the year. The 1991 record was 53.54 inches.
Weather experts have predicted a wet year across the country because of a strong El Niño,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a periodic warming of tropical Pacific Ocean water that affects weather around the world.
"It's been a pretty wet year across Texas with the El Niño pattern. There's been lots of storms coming through in the Pacific and then they move across Mexico and into Texas," Walker said.
Contributing: WFAA-TV (Dallas-Fort Worth)
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