System of relentless winter storm kills four in West

Yellow Globe-News Reader Brandy RamirezDebris are strewn along Interstate 40 after a multiple vehicle accident near Vega, Texas, that killed three on Saturday.A dangerous storm that brought snow and heavy rains in the southwestern United States blamed for several deaths from road threatens Thanksgiving travel for millions of people in the Eastern States, forecasters said Saturday.The storm is expected to bring rains to the Southeast on Tuesday and then to the North and bring to the East Coast, possibly interrupting the journey through Wednesday, according to meteorologists at AccuWeather.com."If the storm hugs the coast and is developed to its full potential, can be a nightmare of flight, not only for travellers in the East, but also in the entire nation," said Evan Myers of AccuWeather.com.The holiday of Thanksgiving weekend is one of the most heavily traveled in the United States. Some 39 million people are waiting for the roads from Wednesday to Sunday, centered around Thanksgiving on Thursday, said that the AAA group trip earlier this week.About 3 million people to fly to their destinations, according to AAA.Winter storm warnings are in effect across the country, with a possible ice storm possible snow in Oklahoma and Texas. Dylan Dreyer reports today.Rain and snow have already been linked to several deaths. Motorists stranded and caused accidents in traffic in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Texas.Three people died in a multiple vehicle accident Friday afternoon in conditions of frost on Interstate 40 West of Amarillo, Texas, said a dispatcher for the State Patrol.In Central - Eastern New Mexico, a 4-year-old girl died when a vehicle that was traveling in it slipped off a road ice and return Friday afternoon, said Emmanuel Gutierrez State Police Sergeant. He wore no seat belt, he said.In Oakland, California, a man was killed on Thursday when a power line fell and he had electrocuted, according to the Contra Costa Times. Another man died trying to avoid debris on a road, the newspaper reported.Principles of the Saturday morning near Sulphur Springs, Texas, the driver of a bus carrying the band of Willie Nelson seemingly lost control and crashed into a highway bridge support. A member of the band, Paul English, broke a hip in the accident.The winter storm was expected to grind through the southern States of the Plains through Sunday night, bringing water, snow and freezing rain and in parts of Northern Texas and the Western half of Oklahoma light snow and frigid conditions, said the national weather service.AccuWeather predicted the storm hit coastal Texas and Louisiana on Monday, eastward along the Gulf Coast on Tuesday and then expand northward.The exact track of the storm is directed toward the coast Tuesday in the Wednesday night still is unknown and is the key to whether the region will be dry weather, rain or snow, AccuWeather, said.The rain could it be sufficiently heavy to delay flights in New Orleans, Atlanta, Charlotte, North Carolina and other airports, according to AccuWeather.Related:Rain, snow and strong winds are punched to the West, and that system time now moves eastward just in time for the Thanksgiving Feast. Miguel Almaguer NBC reportsThis story was originally posted on Sunday, November 24, 2013 12:34 AM ESTCopyright 2013 Thomson Reuters. Click for restrictions.