United States — Forecasters warned that an arctic cold front sweeping across multiple regions brought dangerously low temperatures and wind chills this week. National Weather Service offices issued Cold Weather Advisories, Freeze Warnings and an Extreme Cold Warning for affected areas from the Gulf Coast to the Midwest and Mountain...
United States emergency services and meteorologists warned this weekend that a major winter storm will bring heavy snow, sleet, freezing rain and prolonged extreme cold across much of the country. Nationwide Forecasts issued Friday and updated through Sunday warned of catastrophic ice, widespread power outages, and travel disruptions; thousands of...
United States: Multiple local governments declared snow emergencies this week as a major winter storm approached, triggering parking restrictions, towing, and alternate-side rules to allow curb-to-curb plowing and salting. Officials in Lancaster County, Altoona, Curwensville, Louisville, Washington, D.C., and Montgomery County announced start and end times for emergency periods between...
New York — Governor Kathy Hochul declared a State of Emergency Friday as an Arctic storm and extreme cold swept the Northeast and other states, prompting multi-agency preparations. National Weather Service offices issued winter storm warnings and cold advisories; forecasts called for heavy snowfall ranging from 6 to 18 inches...
St. Louis, Danville and Topeka city officials mobilized crews ahead of a forecast winter storm. Public works and streets departments pretreated roads with brine, staged plows and coordinated contractors to prioritize arterial and emergency routes. St. Louis declared a state of emergency and readied 90 snowplow operators; trash collection was...
Raleigh, N.C. — State officials in North and South Carolina activated emergency response preparations as a major ice storm approached this weekend. Governors Josh Stein and Henry McMaster declared states of emergency this week and mobilized transportation and emergency management assets. Departments of transportation pre-treated roads with brine, restocked salt,...
Charleston, W.Va. — Governors and state agencies mobilized ahead of a major winter storm expected this weekend, issuing preparedness and emergency declarations and coordinating utilities and transportation crews. The National Weather Service posted watches and warnings; forecasts show 9–12 inches of snow and up to 0.2 inches of ice in...
United States — State transportation agencies prepared roads ahead of a weekend winter storm this week, pre-treating highways with brine, loading salt and applying sand mixtures. Agencies reported staffing crews, readying hundreds of plows and spreaders, and positioning supplies for round‑the‑clock monitoring beginning Thursday through Sunday. Officials in Texarkana, Oklahoma...
Chicago. Meteorologists across the U.S. Midwest and Plains warn of an approaching winter system that will produce heavy snow in parts of Kansas and Missouri, lake-effect and scattered snow in Michigan and Wisconsin, and dangerously low wind chills from the Dakotas to Ohio this week. National Weather Service offices and...
Charleston, S.C. meteorologists warn of a potential winter storm impacting the Southeast weekend. Forecast models indicate cold Arctic air interacting with incoming moisture could produce freezing rain, sleet and snow across parts of South Carolina, North Carolina and Louisiana. Local stations have issued First Alert Weather Days for Saturday and...
