Major winter storms to wallop two-thirds of U.S., could bring heavy snow and hazardous ice
Most of the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. is expected to bear the brunt of winter storms this weekend through to early next week.
Most of the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. is expected to bear the brunt of winter storms this weekend through to early next week.
Before the major system hits, however, light snow fell across portions of the Northeast on Friday afternoon. This system may produce 1 to 2 inches of snow from Maryland to southern New Jersey through Friday night.
Parts of the Interstate 95 corridor from Washington, D.C., to New York will see a period of light snow through the evening commute.
But about 45 million people are under winter alerts from Kansas to Maryland for a much larger and more impactful winter storm. It will cover the eastern two-thirds of the nation from Saturday to Monday.
"Impacts will start in the Central Plains by late Saturday, then across the Ohio Valley on Sunday where severe travel disruptions are expected," the National Weather Service said on X. "The storm will then track into the Mid-Atlantic Sunday night and into Monday."
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