Freeze out! More than 60 million expected to face snow, ice and wind as storm moves across US
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Parts of the country may not see temperatures above freezing until after next weekend, experts predicted. Around 60 million people are facing harsh winter conditions as snow, ice and strong winds are expected to slam the middle of the country throughout the weekend and the start of the week.
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A low-pressure storm is expected to move across the country from the Central Plains to the Northeast with “widespread heavy snow and damaging ice accumulations,” according to the National Weather Service. “Winter returned,” declared Bob Oravec, lead forecaster at the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland.
The storm will start in the Midwest late Saturday, travel to the Ohio Valley, “where severe travel disruptions are expected” on Sunday, before it will move into the Mid-Atlantic Sunday night into Monday, the agency forecasted. Significant snowfall — ranging from 6 to 12 inches — is expected in regions north of Interstate 70, including St. Louis. Northeastern Kansas and north-central Missouri could see more than 15 inches — the heaviest snowfall in the region in a decade, according to the agency.
The Central Plains could experience blizzard conditions, with heavy wind gusts exceeding 35 mph and heavy snowfall by Sunday morning. Experts warned against traveling in the harsh weather. “Whiteout conditions will make driving dangerous to impossible, and raise the risk of becoming stranded,” the National Weather Service warned.
