A winter storm has buried the Southeast Coast in heavy snow and threatens to leave large parts of the United States covered in ice and snow.
This storm, named Izzy by the Weather Channel, has already brought up to 12 inches of snow in North Carolina and is expected to bring that same icy fury to the Northeast. At least 80 million people living on the East Coast are under a winter weather watch on Sunday.
The storm “will bring heavy snow and damaging ice to much of the eastern third of the country today and Monday. In some places, ice may accumulate to more than 1/4″, and snow will exceed 1 foot,” reported the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center.
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A developing major winter storm will bring heavy snow and damaging ice to much of the eastern third of the country today and Monday. In some places, ice may accumulate to more than 1/4″, and snow will exceed 1 foot. pic.twitter.com/PneOyvhF20
— NWS Weather Prediction Center (@NWSWPC) January 16, 2022
The storm contains a mixture of freezing rain, sleet, and snow that threatens to bury several cities. A quarter-inch of ice was reported in northern South Carolina and North Carolina, leading to several downed power lines and trees.
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We drove down it because of reports of trees drooping and caught this one on its way down.
We are not going live from there purely because of safety. @wis10 #sctweets pic.twitter.com/0kjgBqdvvd
— Sam Bleiweis (@SamBleiweisTV) January 16, 2022
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia all declared states of emergency on Friday in preparation for the storm.
The NWS warns that ice accumulation will become very dangerous along and east of I-85 from Spartanburg, South Carolina, to Salisbury, North Carolina.
Local airports have had to cancel several flights in preparation for the storm. Reagan National Airport has 155 total cancellations as of Sunday morning, according to FlightAware. Dulles International reported 127 cancellations, while Thurgood Marshall has 113 cancellations.
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Snowfall rates could top one inch per hour from northeast Georgia to the western Carolinas, the NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center said. Heavy snow is also possible in western Virginia.
The NWS also expressed concerns about coastal flooding in New York and Connecticut and tornadoes in South Florida.
