More than a dozen states and municipalities have declared an emergency ahead of a powerful winter storm set to bring snow and ice across much of the eastern United States starting Friday and lasting until Monday.
So far, 17 states have declared emergencies—Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia—according to an Epoch Times review as of Friday evening. The District of Columbia also declared an emergency due to the storm.
