By Jillian MacMath, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
December 6,2013; 9:31PM,EST
This week brought wintry conditions to numerous countries. In the United States, a travel-impairing ice storm made for treacherous conditions on Thursday and Friday as it swept the Southern Plains. Hundreds of thousands of people were without power as of Friday afternoon.
The U.K. and Ireland also suffered staggering power outages when a storm delivered sustained winds as high as 80 kph(50 mph), on Thursday.
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Earlier in the week, a powerful winter storm dumped as many as 2 feet of snow on Alberta, Canada. Gusty winds resulted in even higher snow drifts, setting a wintry scene for the region.
In contrast, ominous fog filled the Grand Canyon last week, in a rare, fall-like spectacle.
A sun dog is visible behind the snow drifts northeast of Strathmore, Alberta,
on Dec. 3, 2013. The area received as many as 60 cm, or 2 feet, of snow
Monday resulting in dangerous travel conditions. (Twitter
Photo/@dapplehorse)
Thick fog filled the Grand Canyon
Nov. 29, 2013, setting a rare season for visitors. The event occurs on
average about one per decade due to a temperature inversion.
(Photo/Erin Whittaker, National Park Service)
The storm that has been moving across the Southern Plains
since Thursday has unleashed freezing rain, sleet and wintry conditions
across several states. On Friday, more than 200,000 people had lost
power due to the event. (Instagram Photo/Dayton5683)
A damaging windstorm lashed Ireland and the U.K.
on Thursday before spreading over northern Europe. Widespread power
outages and travel disruptions were reported after winds were sustained
as high as 80 kph, or 50 mph, for several hours. (AP Photo/DPA, Carsten
Rehder
Icy conditions
made for light traffic on the highways in Dallas, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013,
as snow and freezing rain blanketed normally sun-swept North Texas. (AP
Photo/LM Otero)
On Social Media
Erik Pindrock
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Snow/mix line gradually moving southeastward through Centre County. pic.twitter.com/k5x4SLZ0LE
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