A powerful winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow, dangerous ice, and frigid temperatures to the eastern two-thirds of the United States, starting Saturday. Millions will be impacted by the storm, with blizzard conditions possible in Kansas and surrounding areas.
A strong snow and ice storm followed by brutally cold conditions will soon smack the eastern two-thirds of the United States as frigid air escapes the Arctic, plunging as far south as Florida, meteorologists forecast.Starting Saturday, millions of people are going to be hit by moderate to heavy snow from Kansas City to Washington — including a high chance of at least 8 inches of snow between central Kansas and Indiana — the National Weather Service warned Friday.
Winter storm advisories stretch 1,500 miles from West Kansas to West Virginia, according to CBS News national weather correspondent Rob Marciano. Dangerous ice particularly lethal to power lines — 'so heavy like paste, it's hard to move,' said private meteorologist Ryan Maue — is likely to set in just south of that in southern Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and much of Kentucky and West Virginia.'It's going to be a mess, a potential disaster,' Maue said. 'This is something we haven't seen in quite a while.'National Weather Service meteorologist Alex Lamers said Friday that the potential for blizzard conditions is increasing, particularly in Kansas and neighboring portions of the Central Plains, and that wind gusts may reach 50 mph at times.CBS Boston Meteorologist Jacob Wycoff indicated Friday that the Northeast would miss the brunt of the storm, but the Mid-Atlantic could get anywhere from 10 to 12 inches of snow or more in some areas by Monday.'Through the mountains of West Virginia, into parts of southern Virginia, they're going to be the bullseye spots,' Wycoff said. Ahead of the storm's arrival, major U.S. airlines announced they were waiving change fees and penalties for flyers during this period. That included American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and United Airline
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