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(CNN) -- The wicked wintry weather that pummeled the West Coast is now barreling across the country, threatening to wreck millions of holiday travel plans just before Thanksgiving.
The storm has already contributed to at least 10 traffic fatalities.
Nearly 200 flights out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport were canceled Monday, in addition to the nearly 300 canceled Sunday. The city is not exactly a bastion for snowstorms.
Sleet and freezing rain will continue blanketing parts of the Southern Plains and Southern Rockies on Monday.
And after the storm deluges parts of the South with rain Monday evening, it'll start zeroing in on the Northeast, the National Weather Service said. And that could spell more travel nightmares.
It's not just the bad timing that has travelers riled up. In many of the places, this kind of weather isn't supposed to happen.
Watch this videoBad weather may waylay holiday travelers
Watch this videoWild weather out West "This is not Texas weather, man," driver Ron Taylor told CNN affiliate KTVT. "This is Alaska, or Idaho."
Even parts of Lubbock, known for its warmth and flatness, turned into a snowboarding park as several inches of snow covered the western Texas city.
How cold is cold?
An Arctic air mass will probably keep temperatures 15 to 20 degrees below normal along the East Coast through Thursday. But even if the system fails to deliver heavy snow, fierce winds could still hamper air travel, forecasters said.
Airlines flying in and out of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport "pre-canceled about 300 departures to reduce the number of stranded travelers" Sunday in anticipation of the harsh weather, the airport's official Twitter account said. And 10% of flights at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport were also canceled because of the weather Sunday.
Then there's the snow. New Mexico could see up to 8 inches accumulating through Monday.
Massive rainfall, too
Heavy rain is expected to fall from Texas to Georgia on Monday and over the Carolinas on Monday night, with some sleet and snow mixed in for northern parts of that swath. The heaviest rain is expected across parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina.
By Tuesday, the rain will reach the mid-Atlantic states and parts of the Northeast. And that could turn into freezing rain in the southern and central Appalachians.
Deadly road conditions
Four people have died in Oklahoma since Friday, Betsy Randolph of the state's Department of Public Safety said. In each case, the driver was going too fast for conditions, she said. Randolph said only one of those killed was wearing a seat belt.
Three people died in a pileup on icy Interstate 40 in northwest Texas late Friday, Texas State Trooper Chris Ray said. One of those killed was a person who got out of his car to help, but got struck. And at least 20 people were hospitalized from collisions within three miles of the fatal pileup, the Oldham County sheriff said.
Two people died in New Mexico in dangerous road conditions. A 4-year-old girl who was not properly restrained was killed Friday when the car she was riding in slid off icy U.S. Highway 70, the state's Department of Public Safety said. On Saturday, a woman in her 50s died when the pickup that she was riding in rear-ended a semi-truck in heavy traffic near Gallup, New Mexico, state police said.
And in Yuba County, California, a 52-year-old died when a tree fell on top of a vehicle Thursday, the county sheriff's office said.
When will this storm end?
Most of the nastiness will end by Thanksgiving Day, though much of the Northeast will still get a layer of snow Thursday.
But much of the country will enjoy calm Thanksgiving weather -- even if it's a little more frigid than usual.
Fewer people traveling for Thanksgiving
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50414 posts 11/25/2013 12:51 pm |
Quoting sexysixties2:
Please, please keep it that side of the pond okay!!! 
Love I keep telling you I have no control over mother nature. I am beginning to think your mind is likes a man's and every thing goes over your head. LOL  What time is tea time??
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39750 posts 11/25/2013 11:00 am |
Please, please keep it that side of the pond okay!!!
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50414 posts 11/25/2013 9:57 am |
I would expect lots of rain.
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50414 posts 11/25/2013 9:54 am |
Quoting sweet_VM:
I was watching the weather and boy they are getting it pretty hard. Glad my flight is out of Victoria directly to Mexico this Sat.. I guess they will be flying a different route to get there instead of over Texas. hugs V
I think every thing will be ok when you leave. Just don't buy a stuffed turtle on the beach like I did. I still feel bad about that. Every time I go to the garage it is still staring at me. Should bring it in I guess
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81699 posts 11/25/2013 9:42 am |
I was watching the weather and boy they are getting it pretty hard. Glad my flight is out of Victoria directly to Mexico this Sat.. I guess they will be flying a different route to get there instead of over Texas. hugs V
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50414 posts 11/25/2013 8:54 am |
Oh don't worry we can send are utility crews down if it get real bad. They used to working in the cold. You guys did help us out when we had that big ice storm in Ontario years ago.
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50414 posts 11/25/2013 8:48 am |
Quoting rednkgrll:
 I am ready for the cold weather. 
I love it
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50414 posts 11/25/2013 8:41 am |
I told you I could not control Mother nature. In mean time like I said we are going up to 62f. There something weird happing here. Time to take off my long johns.
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50414 posts 11/25/2013 8:32 am |
We did not send it honest. Harley you might want to buy a snow shovel
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45446 posts 11/25/2013 8:32 am |
I seen news broadcast about this
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