More Details on Snow Storm for East, South-Air Travel, Stocking Up

A snow plow works on clearing the Volunteer Parkway as snow falls, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, in Bristol, Tenn. Earl Neikirk/The Bristol Herald-Courier via AP

WASHINGTON—As people in the South and East readied themselves for a nor'easter that might bring heavy snowfall by week’s end, snow fell on much of Kentucky and Tennessee and contributed to at least one traffic-related death Wednesday.

The National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center warns of heavy, “perhaps crippling” snow across the northern mid-Atlantic region, including Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia, probably beginning Friday.

The District of Columbia was preparing for blizzard conditions and up to 2 feet of snow, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday. The city has requested Humvees from the National Guard to reach isolated people and places if necessary.

“If this is a blizzard and we have sustained winds and people lose power, that would be my biggest concern,” Bowser said at a news conference. “We can move the snow. We will move the snow.”

A driver lost control of her car and crashed through a fence and into a pond an Walnut Hill Road in Sullivan County near Bristol, Tenn., Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2016. during an afternoon snowfall. The driver was able to get out the passenger side and walk to a local business to call the Sheriff's Deptartment for help. Earl Neikirk/The Bristol Herald-Courier via AP