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On Tuesday, January 16th, 2007, a severe weather event that brought ice, snow, flooding, and high winds struck the United States spanning from Texas to Maine. 320,000 homes and businesses in nine different states were still left without electricity four days after the storm occurred.

McAlester, Oklahoma was especially hard-hit with 92,000 homes and businesses remaining without power, and subfreezing temperatures continually on the way. The town lost all its power by Saturday. Water towers ran dry Sunday, and water service was restored only late Monday, after the National Guard hooked a generator up to a pumping station.

In California, three nights of freezing weather destroyed three-quarters of the state's $1 billion citrus crop, prompting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to ask the federal government for disaster aid. Other crops, including avocados and strawberries, also suffered damage.
Waves of freezing rain, sleet and snow that continued for four days were blamed for at least 20 deaths in Oklahoma, nine in Missouri, eight in Iowa, four in New York, five in Texas, three in Michigan, three in Arkansas and one each in Maine and Indiana.