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UCLA environmental law professor William Boyd agreed, staying in a statement Thursday, \"I don’t expect a repeat of 2021. The Texas state government required and made a substantial investment in weatherizing their power sources, which was big problem across all types of power generation three years ago, from wind power to natural gas plants. The state has also seen a massive increase in storage capacity since then.\"

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The brutal temperatures will be moving in following a storm that's about to strike the Midwest and the South.

As the weather system moves into the Plains on Thursday, winter storm warnings and watches are in effect from Nebraska to Michigan, including the major cities of Omaha, Nebraska; Des Moines, Iowa; Chicago; and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Snowfall totals could exceed 12 inches in some areas and blizzard conditions are possible during the Friday night rush hour.

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Meanwhile, severe weather with the possibility of tornadoes is in the forecast from Thursday night through Friday night for the entire South, from Texas to the Carolinas. The areas that could see severe weather on Thursday evening are just east of Dallas; into Little Rock, Arkansas; Shreveport, Louisiana; and to Jackson, Mississippi.

The storm is expected to move into the Southeast on Friday with the threat of severe weather stretching from Alabama to Florida and into the Carolinas. Major cities in the bull's-eye for tornadoes are Montgomery, Alabama; Macon, Georgia; Columbia, South Carolina; and just east of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Even more rain is headed to the Northeast on Friday night into Saturday morning.

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PHOTO: A woman looks at the flood waters around her house, Jan. 10, 2024, in Hampton, N.H.
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PHOTO: Cars are flooded in a local street during the pass of a winter storm, Jan. 10, 2024, in Lodi, N.J.
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An additional 1 to 2 inches of rainfall is expected, but local amounts of more than 2 inches are possible, which will keep already swollen rivers running high and could cause them to crest again into the major flood stage.

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PHOTO: Friday evening, this storm will move into the Northeast with more heavy rain, generally 1-2 inches of rain is forecast, but locally over 2 inches is possible.
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