A powerful winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow, ice, and strong winds to a large swathe of the United States, from the Plains to the Mid-Atlantic. Millions are under weather alerts as the storm threatens to cause significant disruptions.
Around 60 million people are under weather alerts from the Plains to the Mid-Atlantic as a winter storm threatens to slam the region with heavy snow and crippling ice. The developing low pressure system is forecast to affect the regions for the next three days, and includes cities such as Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis and Indianapolis. The Rocky Mountains and the Central and Northern Plains will be hit by heavy snow , strong winds and freezing rain.
Cities expected to be affected include Wichita, Kansas City and Omaha. Blizzard-like conditions are possible due to the combination of heavy snow and strong wind gusts. 'A wintry mix could start as early as this afternoon and transition to snow Sunday afternoon,' the National Weather Service field office in Kansas City said on X. 'Wind gusts around 35-40 mph on Sunday could yield possible blizzard conditions.' By Sunday morning, the system will shift over the Central Plains, bringing heavy snow and ice from Kansas through the mid-Mississippi Valley. The storm system will gradually shift east through the day, with the biggest impacts targeting Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. Sunday will also bring a severe weather risk across the Lower Mississippi Valley, putting seven million people at risk for tornadoes, damaging wind and hail including Jackson, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, and Lake Charles. Snow will arrive in the Mid-Atlantic and central Appalachians overnight into Monday morning. These showers will linger through Monday, ending by Tuesday morning as the system moves offshore. Areas affected on Monday include Washington D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Kansas, Missouri and Illinois are forecast to receive the highest snowfall totals of anywhere from 9 to 16 inches. A general 4 to 9 inches of snowfall will stretch from parts of Illinois to the Mid-Atlantic, with higher accumulations possible in parts of the central Appalachian
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