Winter Storm Begins Moving Across US Bringing Snow and Ice
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Forecasters are expecting the storm could be the worst of the winter season.
Several emergency declarations have already been issued as a massive winter storm barrels toward more than 35 states, putting more than 200 million people in its path and threatening “considerable disruption” to New York with up to a foot of snow.
Follow live winter storm updates and breaking weather news as snowstorms are predicted to fall across the U.S. this weekend, affecting states as far south as Texas.
Most of the state north of I-20 is in an Ice Storm Warning as of Saturday morning, while others just south are in a Winter Storm Watch or Advisory. Stay up to speed with the winter storm as it passes through the state.
Large parts of the eastern and central United States are expected to see heavy snow. But south of the snow line, forecasters are warning that the storm could deliver dangerously icy conditions. Exactly where that snow vs. ice line will fall was still uncertain on Wednesday.
A winter storm with “the potential to be historic” is eyeing a large strip of the U.S. and it appears Illinois and the Chicago area could now be a part of its path. While confidence surrounding the snowy and icy system’s track and intensity remain uncertain,
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for much of central and south Indiana beginning on Saturday, Jan. 24. For the state's southern counties, that advisory has been upgraded to a winter storm warning.
Snow accumulations through Monday morning could top a foot.
Officials in Georgia's White County have compared the damage the weekend's ice storm left in its wake to a Category 2 hurricane.