In brief
A massive winter storm continues to batter the Southern U.S. and Northeastern states with heavy snowfall, sleet, and freezing rain. The National Weather Service warns of continued treacherous conditions, including ice accumulation and dangerous travel impacts. With over 200,000 customers without power and thousands of flights canceled, the storm is expected to persist into Monday. Emergency declarations have been issued in multiple states as rescue teams mobilize.
A massive winter storm continued Sunday morning, dumping snow, sleet, and freezing rain across the South and up through New England, bringing frigid temperatures, widespread power outages, and treacherous road conditions.The storm was expected to continue through Monday in a large part of the country, followed by very low temperatures, causing ice and 'dangerous travel and infrastructure impacts' to linger for several days, the National Weather Service said.Heavy snow was forecast from the Ohio Valley to the Northeast, while 'catastrophic ice accumulation' threatened from the Lower Mississippi Valley to the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.More than 100,000 customers were without power in Tennessee and Texas Sunday morning, with another 100,000 in Mississippi and more than 84,000 in Louisiana also without electricity, according to the online tracker poweroutage.com.Moreover, over 10,000 flights had already been canceled Sunday and another 8,000 delayed, according to the flight tracker flightaware.com.President Donald Trump approved emergency declarations for at least a dozen states by Saturday, with more expected to come. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has pre-positioned commodities, staff, and search and rescue teams in numerous states, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
