ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「Temperatures dropped below freezing in parts of nearly every U.S. state on Monday, as a sprawling winter storm pummeled a large area of the country.⁣ ⁣ Several million people have lost power, and ice-slicked roads have led to highway pileups and sent 18-wheelers careening off the pavement.⁣ ⁣ The National Weather Service said early Monday that at least 150 million Americans were under ice or winter weather advisories. As the storm continued to intensify, officials urged residents to brace themselves.⁣ ⁣ “The time to prepare for this storm was yesterday,” the National Weather Service in Texas said in an ominous warning issued on Sunday.⁣ ⁣ More than 120 accidents were reported on roads overnight in Houston, including a 10-vehicle tangle on Interstate 45. In Oklahoma, a crash northeast of Oklahoma City led to several semi trucks catching fire, the authorities said.⁣ ⁣ The coast-to-coast storm, which brought record low temperatures in Minnesota and delivered 11 inches of snow in Seattle, is now barraging parts of the country that are far less familiar with the worst of winter.⁣ ⁣ “This will be probably more snow over a larger swath of land to a higher degree than ever before in Texas history,” Gov. Greg Abbott said at a news conference. Even the state’s Gulf Coast was put under freeze warnings. Both the state and the federal government have issued disaster declarations for all 254 counties in Texas because of the weather; President Biden approved the federal declaration on Sunday.⁣ ⁣ The conditions stem from a strong high pressure system that has moved down from the Arctic Circle, bringing some of the lowest temperatures that parts of the country have experienced in years, said Michael Ventrice, a meteorological scientist with IBM.⁣ ⁣ Tap the link in our bio for the latest updates from the storm. Photos by @tamirhasacellphone in Austin, Texas, @nitashiajohnson in Dallas, Texas, and @terrafondriest in St. Joe, Arkansas.⁣」2月16日 8時19分