Half a million lose power as storm lashes US from midwest to east coast | US weather
Half a million homes and businesses were without power in the U.S. Tuesday morning after a powerful storm system brought a mix of snow, high winds, frigid temperatures and precipitation to areas from the midwest to the east coast.
As of Tuesday morning, nearly 107,000 power outages were reported in Michigan. power outage.us. There were 68,000 power outages in New York; 65,000 were registered in Pennsylvania and 50,000 in Massachusetts.
The National Weather Service (NWS) said in a statement early Tuesday that “a deep-seated hurricane along with a strong cold front continues to move through New England early this morning, where very gusty winds, brief heavy showers and sharply falling temperatures are still ongoing.”
The hurricane is expected to move toward eastern Canada as it progresses Tuesday, the weather agency said. But the NWS added that the circulation “will allow strong and gusty winds to continue into Tuesday night” across New England before tapering off Wednesday.
In the past few days, many states Wisconsin, Minnesota And MichiganWe saw the snowfall very well double digit. Snowfall Reported in the southern state of Alabamamore.
The system also triggered multiple tornado warnings in many states, and tornadoes were recorded. Missouri, illinois, North Carolina, Arkansas And mississippi. No injuries were reported.
Travel has also been disrupted, with thousands of flights canceled since Sunday. Approximately 930 flights to the USA planned for Tuesday were canceled as of the morning. Flight Awareness.
NWS in Detroit, Michigan warned Conditions are expected to remain cold on Tuesday, with “wind chills also expected.” [about] It was warned that “scattered light lake-effect snowfall and showers” will continue on Tuesday.
“Light snow showers” in Minnesota it was predicted “Several inches of accumulation are expected” in parts of the state on Tuesday. And in New York, officials warned “loud and cool” Wind gusts are expected to reach 55 mph.
People living further north in Buffalo supported Periods of “lake effect snow” to the east and bitterly cold temperatures through Tuesday night. And there was intermittent snowfall in Virginia expected We will continue over the mountains on Tuesday.
Freeze warnings – issued when temperatures are predicted to drop below freezing for a long time – had in place Tuesday morning in parts of Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana and North Carolina. Meanwhile, high wind warnings were issued in parts of South Dakota, Montana, Maine, Vermont and Wyoming.
Forecasters NWS he also said that “an unusually early heat wave will spread eastward across the western U.S. as the week progresses.” High temperatures reaching the “century mark” (100F) were expected to hit parts of Southern California Tuesday afternoon.
“High temperatures will climb into the 100s across much of the Desert Southwest,” they said Wednesday afternoon. “Such high temperatures this early in the year could break high temperature records by up to 10 degrees.”
