Chicago: The main winter storm with millions of Americans on track brings a mixture of rain, rain and snow to freeze to the US on Wednesday because airlines canceled thousands of flights urging residents and closed schools.
The cold weather explosion, which began arriving on Tuesday night, placed a long stretch of state of New Mexico and Colorado to Maine under the warning and winter storm watches.
On Wednesday morning, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan saw rain, hail and snow.
On Wednesday’s days, several places have reported total snow exceeding or approaching legs, including the city of Lewistown Central Illinois with 14.4 inches (36.6 centimeters) and the Northeast Missouri City of Hannibal with 11.5 inches (29.2 centimeters) .
“And still snow in this area, ” said Andrew Orrison, a meteorologist with national weather services at College Park, Maryland.
Central Illinois and North Indiana are likely to receive the most snow, with the total expected starting from 12 to 18 inches .
(30 to 45 centimeters) At the end of Thursday, said ORRISON.
Snow began to tap in Missouri in the afternoon but most countries could end up with 8 inches up to one part (20 to 30 centimeters).
The Michigan part can also snow down around one Feet on Thursday.
In Chicago, Elisha Waldman and his sons welcomed the chance to hit the hill launch Wednesday morning, even when the snow continued to fall.
“Cold and wet.
It is part of pleasure with men, and we can go inside and have hot cocoa and heating, “ Waldman said.
On the western outskirts of Detroit, Tony Haley also found advantage for the weather.
He has a landscape and irrigation company that offers snow removal services and salting, but the early weeks of winter offer several opportunities for business.
“This is here, we are looking for two, three working days,` `Healey said after cleaning the snow from several businesses in Canton.
But for those on the road, snow is heavy creating dangerous conditions.
“ We accept a lot of snow here in Northwest Indiana and it is wet snow and slushy which causes dangerous driving conditions to say the least, “Indiana state police sgt.
Glen Fifield told WFLD-TV, Central Official.
Turn off the part of the Interstate 70 in the middle The day after the accident made the road that was not passed.
The southern area of thick snow is expected to see the frozen rain, with the toughest ice predicted along the Ohio valley area which is lower than Louisville, Kentucky, Tennessee.
“If everything applies to that place now , this is the real agreement, “ said Kentucky GOV.
Andy Besheet, who ordered the state government office to be closed on Thursday.
“This is dangerous.
People need to be prepared.
“The storm that disturbed moving across the middle US on Groundhog Day, on the same day Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter.
The storm came on the heel of a Nor’Easter last weekend which brought Blizzard’s condition to many eastern parts.
Beach.
S extended tormal route as far as southern like Texas, almost a year after freezing the curved disaster of the state’s electric box in one of the worst blackouts in history a.s.
Forecasts did not call for prolonged and cold long temperatures such as storm February 2021, and national weather services said the system would be, in general, not as bad as this time for Texas.
There is no large-scale power outage reported on Wednesday afternoon in Texas or elsewhere, according to podoutoutage.us.
Total snowfall reached 22 inches (56 centimeters) in Colorado Springs and up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) in the Denver area, with more expected, encouraging universities, state and legislative government offices to be closed.
Airlines canceled nearly 8,000 flights in the US scheduled for Wednesday or Thursday, Flighteare.com flight tracking service showed.
Airport in St.
Louis, Chicago, Kansas City and Detroit canceled flights more than usual.
Nearly 700 flights were canceled on Thursday alone at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, and more than 300 was canceled at the nearest Dallas Love Field.
In an effort to remain in front of the weather, Southwest Airlines announced on Tuesday that it would suspend all flight operations on Wednesday at St.
International Airport.
Louis Lambert and Thursday at the Dallas Love Field Hub.
National weather forecasters in Little Rock put their own rounds on the Groundhog day tradition with their office cat photos, Tarmac, and description: “Shadow everywhere! Winter storm is happening!”