With an accumulation of up to six inches of sleet (ice) and snow, many structures in Grayson County and on Lake Texoma have collapsed or sunk.
Lake Texoma winter storm damage
Big picture view: According to officials with the Eisenhower Yacht Club Marina, they sustained substantial damage to the marina. Boathouses 8 - 11 are totaled, they said in a social media post. Other boat houses have heavy ice loads and are under stress.
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Anchorage broke its January snowfall record Tuesday as another winter storm dumped more than 10 inches of snow on the city, prompting early school dismissals and snarling traffic.
As of 3 p.m., the National Weather Service office in West Anchorage had recorded 10.6 inches of new snow, bringing the month's total to 39.7 inches — the most ever recorded for January, eclipsing a record set in 2000.
What's even more remarkable is the nearly 3 inches of liquid held in that snow, along with some rain that fell during the month, according to National Weather Service climate researcher Brian Brettschneider.
"The amount of precipitation we've already received in January is what we typically get from January 1st through about May 10th," he said. "And there's been almost 10 years where we didn't even have this much precipitation all the way through the end of June."
Forecasters cautioned that driving could be very difficult, especially during the evening commute.
Video shows the Hudson river partially frozen near the George Washington Bridge in New York City after a heavy winter snowstorm.
Eight people were found dead outside over the frigid weekend in the city, officials said, as New York experienced its snowiest day in years, recording 20-38cm (8-15in) of snow.
At least 30 deaths were linked to a winter storm that hit North America's north-east.
Some regions may not see temperatures rise above freezing until early February with the midwest, in particular, forecast to shiver in exceptionally frosty conditions
Winter Storm Fern lived up to the hype and was one of the biggest snowstorms in the East in years, dropping more than 18 inches on some ski resorts. The storm was predicted to affect millions of people in the South, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast over the weekend. It was forecast to bring heavy snow, ice, and brutally cold temperatures throughout the East.
Several ski resorts are reporting more than a foot of snow fell on Sunday, with ski resorts in the Northeast still receiving additional snow today. The ski resorts reporting the highest snow totals were located in the Pocono Mountains of Northeast Pennsylvania and the Catskills of New York. Plattekill Mountain in New York reported the most snow accumulations from the storm, with almost 34 inches. Mountain Creek Resort, located in Northern New Jersey, reported 24 inches of snow from Winter Storm Fern.
This snowstorm forced some ski resorts to close or operate on a limited basis on Sunday; however, most planned to open today, making it a great powder day for skiers and snowboarders in the East.
Eleanor Wilson, Adam Vidler, Patrick Brischetto, Yashee Sharma 9news.com.au Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:09 UTC
A remote South Australian town has recorded its hottest day on record as a historic heatwave pushes temperatures near 50 degrees across several states.
Effects of the ex-tropical cyclone Luna and a high-pressure system in the Tasman Sea are creating a prolonged heat mass over South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
The system caused temperatures to soar, Australia Day events to be cancelled in Adelaide, and a heightened bushfire threat across Victoria.
Ceduna, a small town about 780km from Adelaide, had its hottest day on record after it reached 49.5 degrees today, beating its previous record of 48.9 degrees in December 2019.
The Bureau of Meteorology's Dean Narramore said the record-breaking temperature could nudge higher still.
Wudinna Airfield recorded the hottest January day on record at 48.4 degrees, which was equal to the temperatures recorded in December 2019.
More than 1 million people have been left without power and at least 13 people have died during a massive winter storm that has sown chaos across the South and the Midwest and is now barreling toward the East Coast.
Over 200 million people across the country were under some kind of weather alert as of Sunday morning. Power outages mostly affected homes in the South, including in Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Kentucky, where large snowfall is rare.Parts of the U.S. experienced dangerously low wind chills in the minus-20s to minus-30s as Arctic air pushed south. Copenhagen, New York, saw record-breaking temperatures of -49°F, Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Sunday.
The storm's dangerous mixture of heavy snow, sleet, ice, and bitter cold threatens to trap millions indoors for days. Travel has been severely disrupted, with more than 16,000 scheduled flights canceled from Saturday through Monday, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware. On Sunday, around 11,000 flights were canceled—the most in a single day since the COVID-19 pandemic. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in the D.C. area canceled all flights on Sunday, and New York's LaGuardia Airport has reopened after closing on Sunday afternoon, although no flights are expected to take off or land until Monday morning.
Toronto's major winter storm over the weekend was one for the record books.
On Sunday, there was an estimated 56 centimetres of snowfall in downtown Toronto, beating the previous single-day record of 48.3 centimetres, which according to Environment Canada meteorologist Geoff Coulson, was set on Dec. 11, 1944.
The meteorologist said Toronto Pearson Airport recorded 46.2 centimetres of snowfall on Sunday. The amount beat out the region's previous single-day snowfall record of 39.9 centimetres, set on Feb. 25, 1965.
January has also been the snowiest month in Toronto's recorded history, which Environment Canada began tracking in 1937.
Heavy snow and rainfall over the past three days have killed more than 60 people and injured over 100 across Afghanistan, the country's disaster management authority said Saturday, as authorities in the impoverished country struggled to open roads and gain access to cut-off villages.
National Disaster Management Authority spokesman Yousaf Hammad said 61 people had died and 110 were injured, while 458 homes had been completely or partially destroyed and hundreds of animals had died in 15 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces. The numbers, he said, could change as authorities gathered more information from the provinces.
Afghanistan is highly vulnerable to extreme weather events, with snow and heavy rain that triggers flash floods often killing dozens, or even hundreds, of people at a time. In 2024, more than 300 people died in springtime flash floods.
Heavy snowfall from Japan's Hokuriku to Sanin regions is passing its peak. But the Meteorological Agency is warning of possible traffic disruptions as intermittent snowfall is expected in northern Japan, Niigata Prefecture, and elsewhere.
The agency says a strong winter pressure pattern brought snow, mainly to areas along the Sea of Japan coast from Hokkaido to the Chugoku region, from Saturday night to early Sunday.
It issued a heavy snow alert for Ishikawa and Tottori prefectures, warning of rapid accumulation of snow in parts of the regions.
From midnight to 6 a.m. on Sunday, the city of Kanazawa in Ishikawa got 37 centimeters of snow. That is the highest amount since statistics began.
As of 11 a.m., accumulated snow in Kanazawa reached 64 centimeters, more than nine times the amount of an average year.
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