A massive winter storm has continued to impact the Southern and Eastern United States, delivering substantial amounts of snow, sleet, and freezing rain. These weather conditions have resulted in frigid temperatures, extensive power outages, and hazardous travel conditions across the affected regions.
The National Weather Service forecasts that this storm will persist through Monday, with the potential for dangerously low temperatures and ice accumulation that could severely impair infrastructure and travel safety in the days following the storm.
Heavy snowfall is expected to spread from the Ohio Valley to the Northeast, while severe ice accumulation is a critical concern from the Lower Mississippi Valley into the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states.
As of Sunday morning, over 100,000 households were without power in states such as Tennessee and Texas, with additional outages reported in Mississippi and Louisiana. The tracking website poweroutage.com reports these disruptions as widespread.
In conjunction with these power issues, over 10,000 flights have been canceled and 8,000 delayed due to the weather, complicating travel across the country, according to the flight tracking service flightaware.com.
In response to the storm's impact, President Donald Trump has approved emergency declarations for multiple states. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has mobilized resources, staff, and search and rescue teams to assist in the areas hardest hit by the storm, as stated by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
