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  • Location: Darlington
  • Weather Preferences: Warm dry summers
  • Location: Darlington

A storm system that has spread snow, sleet and freezing rain across the country's midsection is heading to the Eastern seaboard.

 

Temperatures have plunged to -29C in parts of the US as a deadly cold snap continued to grip much of the country. Montana and South Dakota saw -29C during the day on Saturday while much of the Midwest was hit by temperatures around -17C to -7C. Wind chill readings could drop as low as -46C in northwestern Minnesota, weather officials said.

 

So far, one person has died in North Texas after a pick-up truck went off of an icy bridge while four people have died of hypothermia in the San Francisco Bay area of California. Half-a-dozen traffic-related deaths due to the weather were recorded in various states. Icy conditions were expected to last through the weekend from Texas to Ohio to Tennessee, and Virginia officials warned residents of a major ice storm likely to take shape on Sunday, resulting in power outages and hazardous road conditions.

 

Weather forecasters said the powerful weather system has Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic states in its icy sights next. Treacherous sections of Interstate 35 north of Dallas were closed for hours at a time as tractor-trailers had trouble climbing hills, wrecks occurred and vehicles stalled, authorities said. Some 400 departing flights from Dallas, Fort Worth International Airport were cancelled on Saturday morning, the airport said. About 3,330 passengers stayed overnight in the terminals.

 

"The weather, it's going to hold until probably after the weekend so I'm thinking I'm just going to hunker down," said Blaine Houserman, a stranded passenger. More than 100,000 customers in the Dallas area were without power on Saturday, with about 7,000 in Oklahoma and thousands more in other states. The weather forced the cancellation of countless events, including Sunday's Dallas Marathon, which was expected to draw 25,000 runners, and the St. Jude Marathon in Memphis, expected to include 20,000.

 

http://news.sky.com/story/1179420/ice-storm-temperatures-drop-to-29c-in-us

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  • Location: Darlington
  • Weather Preferences: Warm dry summers
  • Location: Darlington

Snow Storm: Up To 35cm Falls In North America

 

Further heavy snowfall has blanketed parts of the United States after another weekend of wintry weather brought travel disruption to 17 states. At least 10 inches (25cm) of snow fell across high ground in southern New York and northern Pennsylvania. More than five inches were reported in New York City, but the weather did not stop crowds flocking to Times Square or hardy runners competing in a 15km (nine-mile) race. Forecasters warned of near-blizzard conditions in coastal Maine, where up to 14 inches (36cm) of snow could fall, while snow showers were also possible in North Dakota, South Dakota and Michigan. Some of heaviest snow fell around the Great Lakes and across the border in Ontario, Canada.

 

The winter storm caused more than 1,200 weekend flights to be cancelled, including at the internationally important Liberty and O'Hare airports in Newark and Chicago respectively. It also created treacherous driving conditions as people headed out to complete their Christmas shopping.A string of crashes blocked roads in Indiana, while snow and ice was reported on almost all routes between Missouri and Massachusetts. Shopping malls were quieter than normal for mid-December, with empty parking spaces used to pile up snow swept from roads.

 

http://news.sky.com/story/1182649/snow-storm-up-to-35cm-falls-in-north-america

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