Charleston, W.VA. – A winter storm that approaches several middle Atlantic states is threatening significant ice accumulations that could cause generalized power cuts and interrupt trips, the forecast warned Wednesday.
The National Meteorological Service issued ice storm warnings from Wednesday until noon on Thursday in parts of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Virginia Occidental.
The forecasts of up to four tenths of ice inch (1 centimeter) in some places could significantly damage trees and electric lines, said the weather service. Much of the warning area includes higher elevations.
Public schools in some counties ruled out early classes on Wednesday due to the storm that is approaching.
The storm was especially worrying for Thursday morning trip with bridges and high steps on unprecated roads that are probably slippery and dangerous due to frosty rain, the forecasts said.
In addition, an flood clock was published until Thursday morning during the majority of the West Virginia and portions of the northeastern Kentucky and the southwest of Virginia, where up to 1.5 inches (almost 4 centimeters) of rain in the rain in the already saturated from previous storms.
Before the system moved to the east, most roads on northern Missouri were fully covered with ice on Wednesday morning, while road sections in the Kansas City area were closed when emergency workers Numerous accidents clear, according to the State Transport Department. Much of East of Kansas also saw the frozen rain and the glazed roads with ice, included in Topeka and Wichita.
In Iowa, transport officials warned that the frozen drizzle that had covered the roads in the southeast areas of the state was expected to run north throughout the day.
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