Winter alarms for millions as freezing rain threatening power outages and travel hazard

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Winter Weather Alerts was in place for about 100 million people over 22 states from Nebraska to Massachusetts on Thursday as a number of winter storms rise down to states in the north and east, bringing snow, gossip and freezing rain.

The cold snap can cause power cuts and difficult travel conditions during Thursday’s commuting and beyond, warned forecasters.

A storm that already affects much of the big lakes, the top Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic will push further into the northeast, which means a very icy morning for many, National Weather Service said in an update early Thursday.

The storm is expected to affect major cities such as Washington, DC, Philadelphia, New York and Boston on Thursday with school closures as a caution in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

The mixture of freezing rain ends in Washington at. 10 one and in New York at noon, and the mix of snow and freezing rain ends at. 16 in Boston.

Up to half an empty ice is expected in eastern West Virginia, Northern Virginia and parts of southern central Pennsylvania, which can cause scattered power outages and wood damage.

Up to a quarter of an empty ice cream is expected for the northwest of the Interstate 95 corridor, from Washington to Philadelphia. “This amount of ice is able to make untreated roads traitor,” the weather service said. Between 2 and 5 feet of snow could fall over large parts of New England.

This week, the weather service warned that even a small amount of freezing rain – when rain freezes by hitting the ground, making surfaces smooth – can cause destruction on roads. “It’s true, freezing rain is the worst. Even just a glaze can make the jump outside and especially driving, very dangerous,” said it on X.

“The freezing rain makes roads very, very smooth, and unfortunately people think they can still run on it. It’s not snow, it’s ice cream and everyone, including us, will slip over ice” Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesman Fritzi Schreffler said of “Today” Thursday morning.

This storm system will also bring some snow. A dust of 1 empty snow is possible from Philadelphia to New York City, with 2 to 4 inches predicted for Hartford, Connecticut and Boston.

Over the night, commercial vehicles were banned across several interstates in Pennsylvania as a caution.

The weather has also affected air travel. More than 60 aircraft were canceled and more than 600 delayed since 7 p.m. 06 Thursday, according to Flightaware.

The serious weather is expected to end Thursday night and will be replaced by high wind as a new low -pressure weather system makes its way from southeastern Canada. There is a Blizzard warning in place for the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan.

Another system will create Great Lakes Snow and Ohio River Valley Ice, warned NBC News’ Al Roker. It continues east to create icy conditions in the middle Atlantic Saturday to Sunday and light snow that can create rough travel conditions along the I-95 corridor for the Super Bowl on Sunday.

The West Coast will also receive some strong winter weather: Heavy rain is expected over California, with several meters of snow possible in Sierra Nevada and more than one foot in higher altitudes in northern California and southern Oregon.

This snow moves towards the large basin and the northern rockies on Friday and reach the northern plains with a 70% -90% chance of at least 4 inches of snow.

Meanwhile, like North and East Freeze, the states of the South are experiencing record high temperatures during this time of year, with some areas from southwest to the southern plains reaching the 70s and even 80s.