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Powerful winter storm paralyzes US: 730,000 without power and thousands of flights canceled
2026-01-25 17:19:57 / BOTA
A massive winter storm sweeping across the United States has left about 730,000 people without power in the south of the country and is now moving towards the East Coast, causing chaos in transportation and paralyzing movement.
As of Sunday morning, more than 190 million Americans were under warnings of dangerous winter conditions, from New Mexico to North Carolina and further to Maine.
Winter Storm Fern continues to batter the southern United States, bringing snow, sleet and freezing rain to a wide area. During the early hours of Sunday, snowfall also reached the northeast of the country.
The storm is forecast to move eastward Sunday morning, bringing snowfall from Wichita, Kansas, to Cincinnati. The first flakes of snow are expected to fall in Washington, D.C., in the early hours of the morning, and in Philadelphia around 7 a.m. local time on the East Coast.
Freezing rain is forecast until sunrise in areas such as Shreveport (Louisiana), Memphis, Atlanta and Raleigh (North Carolina).
During the morning, areas west of the Mississippi River are expected to begin to dry out, as the storm moves northeast.
New York is expected to experience snowfall later in the morning, while warmer air coming from the south could turn the snow into a wintry mix in Washington, D.C.
Between 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM ET, a band of heavy snow and wintry mix is expected to affect the I-95 corridor, with snowfall rates of up to 1 inch per hour. Freezing rain or wintry mix is expected in Philadelphia, while precipitation will be mostly snow in New York and further north.
By around 6:00 p.m. ET, warm air from the Atlantic Ocean is expected to push into the I-95 corridor, bringing frequent shifts between snow, freezing rain, winter mix, and rain, while heavy snowfall is expected in New England.
Around 9 p.m. Sunday, New York is expected to face a wintry mix, while New England and the interior Northeast will continue to receive snow. Light precipitation is expected to continue through Monday morning, gradually easing by around noon.
Over 10,000 flights cancelled
More than 10,000 flights were canceled Sunday within, to or from the US, including all flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) and most flights at Philadelphia International Airport.
The storm has also caused serious problems in the electrical grids of several states, including Texas and Tennessee.
Power outages have affected over 244,000 customers in Tennessee, 134,000 in Texas, 123,000 in Mississippi, nearly 120,000 in Louisiana and about 40,000 in Kentucky.
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