Good news: The cold weather is warming up and we'll be celebrating New Year's Eve in the 70s and low 80s around the Sunshine State. Bad news: Some of us might get rained out.
, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses, canceling thousands of flights and leaving at least 50 people dead.
About 60% of the U.S. had been under a winter weather advisory or warning from the system, which has been called a"once in a generation" storm by forecasters and has stretched from the Great Lakes near Canada to the Rio Grande on the Mexico border. Hardest hit was Buffalo, New York, which has been pounded with as much as 49 inches of snow in the last few days. Over half of the deaths nationwide from the storm were from the Buffalo area.More than 2,800 flights were canceled within, into or out of the U.S. for Tuesday as of about 8 a.m. Eastern time,Flight cancellations by multiple airlines have left thousands of travelers stranded at airports across the country during the storm. The U.S.
The National Weather Service warned of whiteout conditions on roads in the central and eastern U.S. where blizzards occur. "Traveling in these conditions will be extremely dangerous, to at times impossible," the National Weather Service said."You risk becoming stranded and more vulnerable to the bitterly cold weather."TheNew Year's Eve in Pensacola:Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7 p.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 7 p.m. and 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
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