The National Weather Service (NWS) warned on Jan. 24 that a “high-impact” and “far-reaching” winter storm is affecting a broad swath of the central and eastern United States, with heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain expected through Monday, threatening widespread travel paralysis and power outages.
“The storm is expected to threaten nearly 180 million Americans with widespread heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies to New England through Monday,” NWS said in an alert at 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 24.
