A powerful winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow, ice, and strong winds to a large portion of the United States this weekend and into early next week.
Daniel Amarante, David Brennan, Ahmad Hemingway , Melissa Griffin, and Ivan PereiraIcy road conditions in I-135 at Kansas amid major winter storm this weekend. As a deep winter chill begins to take over the northern half of the country, a new major winter storm will move across the U.S. this weekend into early next week.
Around 60 million Americans from the Dakotas to Delaware were under winter weather alerts as of Sunday morning with many expecting the storm to be sustained into Monday, spreading from Kansas to the East Coast. This number includes the ongoing lake effect snow event in upstate New York where three feet or more of snow has already fallen and continues for places near and north of Utica, New York. The storm follows Interstate 70 to St. Louis, where heavy snow and ice may strike from through Sunday. A number of cities from the Ohio Valley to the mid-Atlantic could be facing hazardous travel on Sunday as the ice and snow moves east. Roads in Nebraska and Kansas became icy throughout Saturday and snow was forecast to fall on top of that. The Kansas City International Airport temporarily closed it's airfield Saturday afternoon due to ice accumulation. 'Work will continue overnight to keep the airfield clear,' Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said in a statement on X.In addition, damaging winds and tornadoes along with some hail, is possible in Louisiana, Mississippi and southern Arkansas. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency late Friday ahead of the storm's expected arrival. 'Given the current projected size of the storm, ifyour post-holiday travel plans have you leaving Sunday, I encourage you to adjust those plans to leave on Saturday,' Youngkin said. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear also declared a state of emergency Saturday and began to open warming centers throughout the state. The governor said there was concern over power loss because of the ice and snow accumulation on tree
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