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Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has declared a state of emergency as a significant winter storm is expected to bring snow, freezing rain, and dangerously cold temperatures to the Commonwealth ...
A deadly winter storm that swept across much of the nation at the end of last week is now impacting the mid-Atlantic, where cities like Washington, Baltimore and Richmond, Virginia, brace for ...
Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Philadelphia were among the major cities preparing for snowy and icy conditions from Sunday into Monday, with parts of Virginia expecting 5 to 12 inches of snow.
Cold air masses arrive over the mountains, especially in winter, which can lead to significant snowfalls when coastal storms known as noreasters move up the Atlantic coast. The interaction of these elements with the state's topography create micro-climates in the Shenandoah Valley, the mountainous southwest, and the coastal plains that are ...
In Kentucky, a man died after slipping on ice and then succumbing to hypothermia. [52] In Memphis, Tennessee, the city declared a state of emergency on February 17, [53] after the city saw a record daily snowfall accumulation of 7.2 inches (18 cm), [54] bringing the total snowfall since February 15 to 10–12 inches (25–30 cm). [55]
The 2018–19 North American winter was unusually cold within the Northern United States, with frigid temperatures being recorded within the middle of the season.Several notable events occurred, such as a rare snow in the Southeast in December, a strong cold wave and several major winter storms in the Midwest, and upper Northeast and much of Canada in late January and early February, record ...
These live maps from the FOX Forecast Center show the latest information on the historic winter storm expected to blanket the Gulf Coast and South with ice and record snow this week.
This put a strain on the state's power grid, resulting in the Southwest Power Pool and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas both instituting rolling blackouts. [25] The state experienced their second coldest week on record. [26] Tree limbs and entire trees fell under the weight of the ice, with Salem, Oregon losing 18% of its tree cover.