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Houston Ice Storm: Schools Close For Second Day Of Freezing Temps
Another ice day is in store for southeast Texas as temperatures are expected to remain in the 20s until late Wednesday.
HOUSTON, TX — The second day of the arctic blast that closed schools, and impacted city services and transportation, is going to repeat for Wednesday.
Schools began making their announcements to close on Wednesday at just after 3 p.m., and those that were closed Tuesday will likely close for another day, or delay opening.
School districts that will be closed on Wednesday include:
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- Aldine ISD
- Alief ISD
- Anahuac ISD
- Boliing ISD
- Brazos ISD
- Brazosport ISD
- Channelview ISD
- Clear Creek ISD
- Cleveland ISD
- Coldspring-Oakhurst ISD
- Crosby ISD
- Cy-Fair ISD
- Fort Bend ISD
- Damon ISD
- Dayton ISD
- Dickinson ISD
- Galena Park ISD
- Galveston ISD
- Goodrich ISD
- Hempstead ISD
- Houston ISD
- Huffman ISD
- Hull-Daisetta ISD
- Humble ISD
- Huntsville ISD
- Incarnate Word Academy
- Katy ISD
- Kids Montessori Academy
- Kipp Houston Public Schools -- all locations closed
- Klein ISD
- Lamar CISD
- Liberty ISD
- Montgomery ISD
- Needville ISD
- Onalaska ISD
- Palacios ISD
- Pearland ISD
- The Parish School
- The Post Oak School
- The Varnett Public School
- The Woodlands Christian Academy
- Royal ISD
- Santa Fe ISD
- Sealy ISD
- Shepherd ISD
- Spring ISD
- Spring Branch ISD
- Stafford MSD
- St. Agnes Academy
- St. Francis Episcopal school
- St. Michael Catholic School
- St. Thomas' Episcopal School
- Tarkington ISD
- Texas City ISD
- Tomball ISD
- Wharton ISD
- Willis ISD
College campuses that will be closed include:
- Alvin Community College
- College of Biblical Studies
- College of the Mainland
- Lone Star College -- all locations closed
- Letourneau University
- Prairie View A&M University
- Brazosport College
- University of Houston -- all locations
- University of Houston Charter School
The Texas Education Agency will ultimately decide if the missed days will be made up at the end of the year.
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The arctic blast that barreled into southeast Texas early Tuesday morning dropped temperatures from a high of about 52 degrees at midnight, to a frigid 29 degrees by 4 a.m.
The temperatures continued a steady drop throughout the day, never rising above 24 degrees.
To complicate matters, the region experienced light rain before the freezing temperatures arrived, making the roads slick.
More than 400 traffic accidents were reported, and more than 1,o00 flights at Houston Hobby and Bush Intercontinental Airports were cancelled, while nearly 200 were delayed on Tuesday.
The Galleria and The Woodlands Mall closed their doors at 3 p.m. for the sake of safety, and METRO announced that bus service would cease by 5:30 p.m. due to the dangerous road conditions.
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