An interactive map shows how winter storm Blair will barrel across the eastern US this week. More than 60 million have been placed under severe weather alerts, including in the cities of Baltimore, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Louisville, Kentucky and Washington DC.
![[The eastern two-thirds of the US will experience dangerous, bone-chilling cold and wind chills starting Monday, with temperatures 12 to 25 degrees Fahrenheit below normal]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/06/16/93788025-14254995-The_eastern_two_thirds_of_the_US_will_experience_dangerous_bone_-a-1_1736181298351.jpg)
Blair is currently tracking eastward into the Appalachians and the mid-Atlantic with very heavy snowfall expected through Monday. Heavy snow, icing and high winds will create travel chaos from the Ohio Valley to the mid-Atlantic, prompting schools and government offices to shutter.
![[Owensboro, Kentucky received heavy snowfall as winter storm Blair barreled across the Ohio Valley]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/06/15/93790377-14254995-image-a-2_1736177823721.jpg)
As of Monday morning, at least three people in Virginia and Kansas have died in traffic accidents related to winter storm Blair. In affected areas, 'Persons should consider delaying all travel. Motorists should use extreme caution if travel is absolutely necessary,' the National Weather Service (NWS) warned.
![[Salina, Kansas: A photo released by Kansas Highway Patrol shows a car wedged between two trucks due to icy weather on January 4]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/06/15/93790383-14254995-image-a-3_1736177913088.jpg)
Several states directly in the storm's path are currently suffering widespread power outages, with more than 350,000 customers impacted across Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia, according to poweroutage.us. An additional 10,600 are without electricity in Texas, which is not in the storm's direct path, but is still getting lashed by up to 50 mile per hour wind gusts and below average temperatures from Blair.
![[As of Monday morning at 9:20am ET, winter storm Blair was moving into mid-Atlantic states, delivering heavy snow]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/06/16/93788023-14254995-As_of_Monday_morning_at_9_20am_ET_winter_storm_Blair_was_moving_-a-2_1736181298352.jpg)
Southeastern states will also be impacted as warm air from the Gulf of Mexico clashes with Blair's cold front. Strong to severe thunderstorms will develop over parts of the region on Monday, battering states with high-speed wind gusts, isolated tornadoes, frequent lighting and possibly hail.
![[Snow, rain and a wintery mix will continue to fall along the Eastern Seaboard through Monday]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/06/16/93788015-14254995-Snow_rain_and_a_wintery_mix_will_continue_to_fall_along_the_East-a-3_1736181298596.jpg)
