Map shows monster US winter storm bringing most snow in a decade
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A massive winter storm has nearly half of the US under weather warnings as some regions are expected to receive the most snowfall in 10 years. Winter Storm Blair pounded the Midwest and moved east to the Mid-Atlantic with snow, ice and freezing wind on Monday.
![[A person holds an umbrella as they walk during a winter storm, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_235178922-a06e.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
The National Guard was activated to assist motorists in Kansas, areas of Indiana and western Nebraska, where snow clogged roads. Blizzards hit Kansas and Missouri with wind gusts reaching 45mph and winter storm warnings have been issued in New Jersey through early Tuesday.
![[WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 6: A crew shovels snow along North Capitol Street in the nation's capital on January 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. A winter storm slammed into the region shutting down federal offices and schools as Congress is scheduled to certify the 2024 presidential elections results on Monday, four years after a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol to halt the certification of the 2020 election results. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_235179146-8025.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
‘For locations in this region that receive the highest snow totals, it may be the heaviest snowfall in at least a decade,’ stated the Natonal Weather Service. Blair has enveloped a roughly 1,000-mile stretch of the US in wintry precipitation from central Missouri to Delaware.
![[People engage in a snowball fight during a winter snow storm in Washington, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_235178797-bccb.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
At least four people had died as of Monday afternoon. Two were killed in a single-vehicle crash in Sedgwick County, Kansas, on Sunday evening around the same time that an inividua died in Missouri. Another person died in Missori after hitting a dump truck on an icy road.
![[WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Law enforcement officers patrol outside the U.S. Capitol as snow falls during a winter storm January 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. Congress is scheduled to certify the 2024 presidential elections results on Monday, four years after supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the capitol to halt the certification of the 2020 election results. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_235166936-da47.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
On Monday morning, the greatest intensity was felt in Washington, DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia, as the storm dumped up to a foot of snow. It was the biggest snowstorm in the region since January 2022 or even dating back to January 2019. Conditions were so severe that thousands of flights were canceled or delayed in central, East Coast and southern states and some government offices and schools closed.
![[Snow covers homes during a winter storm, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_235168506-2a99.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
