East Coast bracing for snow, ice from widespread winter system
ABC News
Millions of Americans on the East Coast are bracing for severe winter weather as a widespread storm system continues to march east.
Millions of Americans on the East Coast are bracing for severe winter weather as a widespread storm system continues to march east.
The storm that brought dangerous conditions to Midwestern states on Saturday is expected to bring heavy snow that later turns to torrential rain and ice storms to Mid-Atlantic states, specifically Georgia and the Carolinas, by Sunday evening.
Blowing snow and whiteout conditions are possible as well as heavy rain, coastal and localized flooding. The highest snow totals are expected from the Great Smokey Mountains to the Appalachian region, with 6 to 18 inches of snow possible in the mountains of Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.
The Great Lakes region, especially the Cleveland towards Plattsburgh, New York and the upper Hudson Valley, could receive up to a foot of snow. Coastal areas of the Northeast, including Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York City and Boston, could see up to 3 inches of snow, though that will likely get washed away as the snow changes to rain by early Monday.
