WINTER STORM

Jeff Canoy

ABS-CBN News

Agence France-Presse

A powerful and highly disruptive winter storm continue to affect the Mid-Atlantic states on Monday (January 6), rendering roads unpassable.Residents in Prince William County in Virginia air out their frustration as they cannot go to work due to the icy roads and the buildup of snow in the area.On Sunday (January 5), Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency in Virginia as the storm barreled through the state.Meanwhile, some 300,000 people were without power from Missouri to Kentucky to Virginia, while more than 1,500 flights were cancelled and hundreds delayed, according to tracking websites Poweroutage.us and FlightAware.The National Weather Service (NWS) was predicting up to a foot of snow in Washington, where Congress was set to forge ahead with the certification of Donald Trump&#x27;s election victory, four years to the day after his supporters stormed the US Capitol to try to overturn his 2020 loss.The capital&#x27;s brightly-coloured row houses and leafy streets were already capped with white early Monday as residents waded through the snow in a city which only rarely has to face such wintry conditions.The storm tracked eastward after bringing blizzard conditions to states including Kansas and Missouri.In a report by the Agence France-Presse, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear called for residents to stay home, saying &quot;snow has transitioned to ice across the commonwealth, bringing power outages and more hazardous road conditions. Transportation crews are working hard to clear roads for utility crews and emergency travel.&quot;The NWS warned thunderstorms could also impact southeastern states, potentially bringing hail and tornadoes, and that accumulations of up to a half-inch of ice in some areas -- as well as widespread tree damage from powerful wind gusts -- could lead to &quot;prolonged power outages.&quot;Temperatures are expected to plunge, in some places to below zero degrees Fahrenheit (minus 18 degrees Celsius), while strong wind gusts compound the dangers. The mercury could sink tens of degrees below seasonal norms down to the US Gulf Coast.Another major concern is freezing rain and sleet. A thick coating of ice will make travel hazardous, bring down trees and topple electricity lines, authorities warned.Conditions could prove especially perilous in Appalachia, where a deadly hurricane in late September devastated communities and ravaged multiple southeastern states including Kentucky.The governors of Kentucky, Missouri, Virginia and Maryland have declared a state of emergency in their states, and have taken to social media to warn residents to stay home. - with a report from Agence France-Presse

A powerful and highly disruptive winter storm continue to affect the Mid-Atlantic states on Monday (January 6), rendering roads unpassable.

A powerful and highly disruptive winter storm continue to affect the Mid-Atlantic states on Monday (January 6), rendering roads unpassable.

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Selfie Balita: Winter storm continues to barrel through Virginia, eastern US

Selfie Balita: Winter storm continues to barrel through Virginia, eastern US

Jeff Canoy,

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Agence France-Presse

Published Jan 06, 2025 11:48 PM PHT

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