--- description: At least six people have died after ice storms wreaked havoc throughout the midwest title: 6 Dead in Ice Storms Across Midwest image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [weather](/tag/weather/) ## weather Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 6 Dead in Ice Storms Across Midwestern U.S. by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jan 15, 2017 6:30 PM CUT by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jan 15, 2017 6:30 PM CUT At least six people died after [ice storms](http://time.com/4618052/blizzards-ice-storms-weather-northern-great-plains/ "undefined") wreaked havoc throughout the Midwest, leaving the area fighting a deluge of sleet, ice and freezing rain. The deaths have been blamed on slick travel conditions caused by the storm since Friday. The storm is expected to hit the Midwest through Monday, the [Weather Channel reported](https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/winter-storm-jupiter-west-snow-plains-midwest-northeast-ice "undefined"). Storm warnings are in effect in Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, parts of Texas, Nebraska, Illinois and Iowa. The storm has knocked out power and damaged trees in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, while coating trees and roads in ice. Governors of Oklahoma and Missouri [declared states of emergency](http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2017/01/15/death-toll-rises-six-unrelenting-ice-storms/96611798/ "undefined"), while the National Guard patrolled roads in Missouri and Kansas. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4635528/ice-storms-midwest-us-winter-death-toll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4635528/ice-storms-midwest-us-winter-death-toll/"},"headline":"6 Dead in Ice Storms Across Midwestern U.S.","datePublished":"2017-01-15T18:30:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:44:27.342Z","description":"The deaths have been blamed on dangerous travel conditions","url":"https://time.com/4635528/ice-storms-midwest-us-winter-death-toll/","keywords":["weather","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/weather/","name":"weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4635528/ice-storms-midwest-us-winter-death-toll/","name":"6 Dead in Ice Storms Across Midwestern U.S."}}]}] ```