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UNITED STATES — Nearly 500,000 people across the Deep South remain without electricity after a major winter storm unleashed widespread icing, downed power lines, and crippled infrastructure across multiple states. While restoration efforts continue, dangerous cold temperatures and lingering ice are keeping conditions hazardous for affected communities. Widespread Power Outages Stretch Across the Deep South The…

KENTUCKY — A wave of loud nighttime booms reported across parts of Kentucky this week has left many residents startled and searching for answers, but meteorologists say the cause is not seismic or supernatural. Instead, the sounds are being linked to a rare cold-weather phenomenon known as frost quakes, triggered by a rapid Arctic temperature…

UNITED STATES — A major cold outbreak is expected to spread across most of the country over the next seven days, with nearly 80 percent of the Lower 48 population forecast to experience overnight temperatures at or below freezing (32°F), according to population-weighted temperature data. The cold pattern is expansive, reaching from the northern Plains…

NORTH CAROLINA & VIRGINIA — Confidence is increasing that a winter weather system will bring snow and disruptive travel conditions to parts of North Carolina and Virginia this weekend, particularly from Saturday into Saturday night, according to the latest meteorological guidance. While exact snowfall totals are still uncertain, multiple forecast signals now point toward a…

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA — The potential for a late-weekend storm system to develop along the East Coast does exist, but forecast confidence remains high that winter impacts across western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and northern West Virginia will be limited. According to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, the probability of minor winter impacts in the region…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The winter storm that shut down the Washington, D.C. region on Sunday was not exceptional simply because of how much precipitation fell, but because of what fell and how cold it was when it fell. Data from snowfall and sleet accumulation reports show this storm behaved very differently from a standard Mid-Atlantic…

MISSOURI & ILLINOIS — A powerful weekend winter storm left behind a narrow but intense snowfall corridor across eastern Missouri and southern Illinois, where preliminary data show widespread 8 to 11 inches of snow and isolated totals exceeding 12 inches, according to compiled National Weather Service reports. The heaviest snow fell along and just south…

TENNESSEE — A prolonged and dangerous cold spell is underway across Middle Tennessee, with life-threatening cold conditions expected tonight and recurring through the week, according to National Weather Service data from Nashville. Forecasters warn that cold weather alerts are in effect from 7 PM tonight through 11 AM Tuesday, with many areas likely to remain…

COLORADO — Colorado’s winter snowpack has fallen to its worst level on record, with statewide snow water equivalent now sitting at just 58% of the seasonal median, according to the latest basin-by-basin data. Forecast models show little meaningful snowfall expected for the mountains over the next 14 days, raising growing concerns for water supply, wildfire…

UNITED STATES — A dangerously cold Arctic air mass is settling across parts of the Mid-Atlantic and central Appalachians, prompting cold weather alerts from Monday evening through Tuesday morning and raising serious concerns about frostbite and hypothermia exposure. Cold Weather Advisories, Extreme Cold Watches, and Extreme Cold Warnings are in effect from 7 PM Monday…