A powerful winter storm is sweeping across the central United States, bringing a hazardous combination of heavy snow, ice, and frigid temperatures. Blizzard conditions are expected in parts of Kansas and Missouri, with travel becoming extremely difficult. The storm is forecast to move eastward, impacting the Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic states, and even Florida, with a hard freeze predicted. Severe thunderstorms, with potential tornadoes and hail, are also possible ahead of the storm's cold front.
The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings from Kansas and Missouri — where blizzard conditions are expected — to New Jersey.A major, disruptive winter storm was sweeping across the central U.S. on Sunday, forecasters said, bringing with it a dreaded combination of snow, ice and plunging temperatures.
Parts of upstate New York saw 3 feet or more of snow from a lake effect event expected to last until late Sunday afternoon.A fire truck, several tractor-trailers and passenger vehicles overturned west of Salina, Kansas. Rigs also jackknifed and went into ditches, state Highway Patrol Trooper Ben Gardner said.“We are in it now," Gardner said as he drove to the scene of an accident. Online, he begged for prayers and warned that some roadways were nearly impassable.
The Kansas City International Airport temporarily halted flight operations in the afternoon due to ice. Dozens of flights were delayed, including a charter jet transporting the Kansas City Chiefs, before the runways reopened. “It will be a major headache,” said Tom Kines, a senior meteorologist with AccuWeather. “The storm not only has the snow threat to it but the ice threat.”Starting Monday the eastern two-thirds of the country will experience dangerous, bone-chilling cold and wind chills, forecasters said. Temperatures could be 12 to 25 degrees below normal as the polar vortex stretches down from the high Arctic.
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