UNITED STATES — A prolonged stretch of freezing temperatures is expected to grip large portions of the northern and central United States from late January through at least February 10, with new forecast data indicating that some regions may experience one to two full weeks of uninterrupted sub-freezing conditions. The data highlights an expansive cold…
UNITED STATES — New forecast probability data is signaling a growing risk for at least minor winter storm impacts across large portions of the Eastern United States this weekend, with the highest concern focused from the southern Appalachians into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast corridor. The latest probability map shows a broad, continuous swath of winter-weather…
FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA — A North Dakota man has been arrested after police say he choked a woman for approximately one minute and then stabbed her with pliers during a violent domestic incident that began over her speaking too loudly inside an apartment. According to the Fargo Police Department, Michael David Schaffer, 36, has been…
SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK — A New York father has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder after authorities say he locked his 5-year-old daughter in her bedroom for months, leaving her to die of starvation and dehydration, while boxes of food sat outside the door and he spent his days playing video games. According to the Schenectady…
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — A Texas man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison after admitting to fatally shooting a mother of four in the head during a road rage confrontation — sending her vehicle flying into a ditch as she drove along Interstate 35. According to court records, Nicholas Hernandez, 25, entered a…
EASTERN UNITED STATES — A dangerous freezing rain event is unfolding along the I-95 corridor, impacting large parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and northern Virginia, as a final band of precipitation lays down a fresh glaze of ice while temperatures rapidly fall into the teens and 20s behind the system. Radar imagery shows…
EASTERN UNITED STATES — A powerful winter storm continues to hammer eastern New York and western New England, with New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire facing dangerous blizzard conditions, extreme snowfall rates, and major travel disruptions as the system shows no meaningful weakening. Latest forecast updates show no significant changes to expected snow totals,…
UNITED STATES — Snow cleanup efforts across Eastern Southern New England (SNE) are far from complete as the region continues to deal with widespread 11 to 13 inches of snow already on the ground, with more accumulation still expected overnight into Monday before the storm fully winds down. Latest short-range model guidance and observational trends…
UNITED STATES — A crippling winter storm across the Deep South has triggered widespread and long-lasting power outages, with entire counties in Mississippi now without electricity and utility officials warning that full restoration could take weeks in the hardest-hit areas. As of Sunday afternoon, outage data confirms that more than one million customers across multiple…
UNITED STATES — A significant ice storm has left a dangerous glaze of freezing rain and ice across much of Tennessee, with new National Weather Service Local Storm Reports confirming widespread ice accumulations ranging from 0.25 to 0.75 inches, and localized totals near or exceeding 1 inch in parts of the state. The hardest-hit corridor…