CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of children in the Midwest got a rare snow day off school Friday as a winter storm moved through the Great Lakes region, dumping nearly a foot of the white powder in some places with more on the way. Midwest residents often boast that they are well prepared for winter weather…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The warmer temperatures kept the area roadways mostly ice free. However, MODOT and IDOT reminds motorists to take it easy this morning as roadways are wet and may be slick. Crews have been fully staffed on both sides of the river treating roadways in anticipation of dangerous road conditions. The National Weather…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Missouri transportation officials say their crews will be out ahead of the winter storm forecast this Sunday. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), freezing rain and ice are expected all day Sunday. MODOT notes the ground and roads are frozen thanks to two weeks of subfreezing temperatures, and they say this could…
By PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — East Coast residents are bracing for a deep freeze a day after a massive winter storm slammed the region with heavy snow, hurricane-force winds and coastal flooding. Forecasters predict that record-breaking cold air and strong winds will set people’s teeth chattering like castanets from the mid-Atlantic to New…
By SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Residents across a huge swath of the U.S. were hunkered down as a massive winter storm packing snow, ice and high winds, followed by possible record-breaking cold, moved up the Eastern Seaboard, with the worst conditions expected from the Carolinas to Maine. The massive storm expected on…
By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A brutal winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with a rare blast of snow and ice Wednesday, hitting parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with their heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades. Forecasters warned that the same system could soon strengthen into a “bomb cyclone” as…
By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Brutal winter weather that’s brought subzero temperatures to parts of the U.S. is threatening to dump snow and ice across parts of the South that rarely see flurries, much less accumulation. The National Weather Service said a wintry mix of snow and freezing rain was expected Wednesday…
ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Freezing temperatures and below-zero wind chills socked much of the northern United States on Wednesday, and the snow-hardened city of Erie, Pennsylvania, dug out from a record snowfall. A storm brought 34 inches of snow on Christmas Day to Erie, an all-time daily snowfall record for the Great Lakes city, and…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis area is bracing for a major winter storm. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for the area. We could see ice accumulations of at least a quarter of an inch. This has MODOT and IDOT preparing for the incoming ice storm by treating roadways.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The intense winter storm that moved through the St. Louis area is blamed for causing numerous problems. Treacherous driving conditions during the Wednesday morning commute caused accidents roadways in the bi-state area. MODOT and IDOT crews were running on full staff in an effort to clear the roads. High winds also…