The snow, the aguanieve and the icy rain were expected to continue hitting the central appliances and the states of the average Atlantic on Wednesday, while California prepared for a storm that could flood areas devastated by the recent ones forest fires.
Especially strong snowfalls were expected, up to almost 14 inches (25 centimeters), in parts of Virginia and Virginia Occidental, according to the National Meteorological Service. Ice accumulations could reach more than a third of inch (8.4 millimeters) in Stanleytown, Virginia, and a quarter of an inch (6.3 millimeters) in Glendale Springs, North Carolina.
In California, a Atmospheric river – A long band of water vapor was expected that can transport moisture from the tropics to more areas of the north, it was expected to move on Wednesday night, probably flooding urban areas throughout the center and south of California, according to the service meteorological.
The snowstorm that exploded in the states of the Middle Atlantic on Tuesday caused accidents on frozen roads and caused school closures. For Tuesday night, almost 12,000 people in Virginia had lost power, according to Poweroutage.us.
“Stay at home and outside the roads tonight, Virginia,” published the Department of Transportation of Virginia on social networks on Tuesday night, along with a Dorothy meme from “The Wizard of Oz” saying: “There are no place like home “.
In parts of Baltimore and Washington, an inch (2.5 centimeters) of snow fell every hour, according to the weather service. All Washington public schools were closed on Wednesday due to the weather.
The power of the Apalaches, which serves 1 million customers in West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee, said Tuesday that he had 5,400 workers dedicated to restore power.
Around 65 soldiers from the Virginia National Guard were in facilities along the runners of the 95 interstate and state route 29 and in the southwest of Virginia to support the storm’s response, guard officials said. Another 20 soldiers and members of the Virginia Defense Force were in support papers.
Winter storm warnings extended from northwest of North Carolina to the south of New Jersey, and the snow and ice mixture was expected to rain by Wednesday afternoon as temperatures increase.
Meanwhile, a separate storm system was expected to throw strong snow into an area that extends from Kansas to the big lakes from Tuesday night, said the weather service. The Kansas Legislature canceled Wednesday’s meetings due to the weather, and Governor Laura Kelly closed the state offices in the capital, Topeka.
In Virginia, where Governor Glenn Youngkin declared an emergency state and government offices and offices closed on Tuesday, the State Police reported 700 accidents and dozens of injuries on Tuesday. Although Matt Demlein, a state police spokesman in Virginia, said they can’t definitely say that everyone was related to climate.
In southern Occidental Virginia, multiple accidents temporarily closed several important roads on Tuesday. Smith’s trailer and truck repair responded to at least 15 calls, mainly from the drivers of Tractor-Remolque who struck in the interest 64 in Greenbrier County, near Virginia’s border, said dispatcher Kelly Pickles.
“Basically, they are simply trapped in the median or leave the interstatal a little on the right side,” he said. “And they simply do not have enough energy in their vehicles to return to the road due to the icy conditions.”
Paige Williams, owner of the books of the center in Lexington, Virginia, closed his store on Tuesday due to the weather. I hoped to reopen on Wednesday, noting that Lexington and the surrounding rock firm are reliable when it comes to cleaning the roads.
But with temperatures on both sides of freezing on Tuesday night and Wednesday, the rain that is supposed to continue could improve or worse the roads.
“It will only depend on where those temperatures are going,” said Williams. “Rain can clarify things. And the rain can also freeze. And then you have many skating clues instead of roads. “
An Arctic air mass extended from Portland, Oregon, to the great lakes.
The temperature touched back on Tuesday morning at least 31 degrees (minus 35 Celsius) in Butte, Montana, where at the last two winters at least five people died of cold exposure, Brayton Erickson said, executive director of the rescue mission of Butte.
The defenders of homeless people in the city of approximately 35,000 were in the streets distributing sleeping bags, jackets, gloves and other cold weather equipment to anyone who needed them, according to Erickson.
“When it is so cold, we will get all the stops,” Erickson said.
In Oregon Multnomah County, officials extended an emergency state until at least Thursday. Five emergency shelters were presented on Tuesday night until Wednesday afternoon. Midweek Wind cooling readings It could immerse 10 degrees (except 12 Celsius) in Portland, said the weather service.
The Atmospheric River was expected to arrive in California from Wednesday on Wednesday and Thursday, according to Miles Bliss, a meteorologist of the National Meteorological Service. Together with the floods, strong snowfalls were expected in the Sierra Nevada.
More than 700,000 sandbags have been organized throughout the center and south of California, according to the California Water Resources Department.
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Associated Press journalists from all over the United States contributed to this report.
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