Parts of the U.S. could see a white Christmas as storms hit the East and West coasts this week bringing extreme weather conditions.
ABC News Chief Meteorologist Ginger Zee discusses the global impact of climate change.
There are storm alerts in place for six states. The heaviest of the snow will hit Wednesday night into Thursday, continuing through Christmas. The area on I-80 around Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada Mountains will get the heaviest of the snow. Thursday night into Friday morning, Los Angeles and southern California could see heavy rain, localized flooding and possible mudslides. Rainfall in southern California will be between 2 to 4 inches.An ABC News weather map released on Dec. 20, 2021, shows the snow forecast for Christmas in the United States.
The storm system will then move up the East coast bringing a burst of heavy snow and freezing rain for eastern New England, from Massachusetts to Maine.
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