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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott warned Thursday, \"We are dealing with one of the most significant icing events ... in at least several decades.\"

Abbott has issued a disaster declaration for 17 counties expected to see the worst impacts from the ice.

Thick flurries are starting to come down in Decatur! ❄️ 🥶

This is the most amount of snow we’ve seen YET, and it just picked up about 15 mins ago#WiseCounty

(@wfaa) pic.twitter.com/EXIAjdp72E

— Adriana De Alba (@adealbaWFAA) February 3, 2022

The flurries 🌨❄️ are really starting to fly in front of our District headquarters off I-27 and Western in Amarillo. Visibility is reduced. Drive with extreme caution and make sure those headlights are on for safety. #phwx #txwx #DontCrowdThePlow pic.twitter.com/15QcNjpj95

— TxDOTAmarillo (@TxDOTAmarillo) February 2, 2022

Abbott blamed the ice for knocking out power to at least 50,000 customers.

Abbott said 12,000 linemen will be working on the power issues.

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PHOTO: Salvation Army of Odessa's Major Luis Melendez inspects beds in the men's dormitory of the Mabee Red Shield Lodge as the shelter prepares to open as an emergency cold weather shelter for the winter storm, Feb. 2, 2022 in Odessa, Texas.
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State officials are urging residents to stay home as ice and snow accumulate on roads.

Overnight @TxDOT crews have been working, but icy and snow continues to accumulate on road across the state. Especially on overpasses. Freezing precipitation is spreading south and east. Best to stay off these roads except for emergency or very essential travel. pic.twitter.com/3rAw73a6s2

— Marc Williams (@TxDOTCEO) February 3, 2022

The temperature also poses danger. On Friday the wind chill -- what temperature it feels like -- is expected to plunge to the single digits in Dallas and below zero in the Texas Panhandle.

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PHOTO: With winter weather coming, crossing guard Willie McCree, stops traffic for a family to cross the street in Dallas, Feb. 2, 2022. North Texas school districts called off classes for the next two days in anticipation of winter weather.
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This storm comes one year after Texas' power grid disaster, when back-to-back winter storms left more than 4 million people without heat and safe water. It took days for power to be restored, and more than 100 people died because of subsequent blackouts. Months later, Abbott signed a bill to reform the state's power grid.

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PHOTO: Vehicles are at a standstill southbound on Interstate Highway 35 on Feb. 18, 2021 in Killeen, Texas, as winter storm Uri brought historic cold weather and power outages to Texas.
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PHOTO: People sleep on couches while taking shelter at Gallery Furniture store which opened its door and became a temporary warming station after winter weather caused electricity blackouts on Feb. 18, 2021, in Houston.
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At a Thursday news conference Abbott stressed that the grid is reliable and said, \"the power grid is performing very well at this time.\"

Texas has about 15% more power generation capacity compared to last year, Abbott said, adding that 99% of power generators have passed inspection this year.

He said there's several days worth of natural gas in storage should the weather hinder the flow of natural gas.

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