A significant winter storm is impacting a large portion of the United States, bringing record-breaking cold temperatures and the first-ever blizzard warning to several cities in Texas and Louisiana. Over 265 million Americans are under cold weather alerts, with millions more facing winter storm warnings. The storm is expected to cause widespread travel disruptions and potential power outages.
A storm is bringing the first-ever blizzard warning issued for Beaumont, Texas, and Lake Charles and Lafayette, Louisiana.
That storm is bringing the first-ever blizzard warning issued for Beaumont, Texas, and Lake Charles and Lafayette,More than 12 million Americans are also under red flag warnings in southern California, with about 3 million tagged with a "particularly dangerous situation" as high winds and desperately dry conditions hold over the already reeling communities.
Rare record-low temps are possible in Kansas City, Missouri, and in Salina, Kansas. Even this afternoon, wind chills won't go above 15 degrees below zero in Chicago, Illinois.On Wednesday morning, the coldest wind chill temps will reach the Northeast where wind chills near zero will hit New York City and D.C. and go below zero in Boston. Farther south in the Great Smokey Mountains, Asheville, NC will feel like -2 on Wednesday morning.
Debilitating travel conditions are expected to be widespread and power outages will be possible -- which is dangerous in the life-threatening cold which could also burst pipes.
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