Recent Snow Storms

Two snow storms have moved throughout the East within the last two weekends leaving behind below freezing temperatures in parts of the U.S. and halting air and road travel. 

Many homes and businesses were left without electricity. 

Ice and snow fall which continued into Monday followed by very low temperatures were expected to cause dangerous travel and infrastructure impacts for days, according to the National Weather Service.

“I just considered myself really lucky and blessed to be home and safe in my house, and I applauded and waved to the linemen and plow people as they drove past. I was super grateful that they were out there doing such a magnificent job for the rest of us,” NHS English teacher Theresa Talluto said.

Heavy snow fell from the Ohio Valley into the Northeast while the lower Mississippi valley and the Mid-Atlantic and southeast experienced ice accumulation. 

Freezing rain slicked roads and brought trees and powerlines down into the roads was the main problem in the South. 

“May God have mercy on Corinth, MS! ... The sound of the trees snapping, exploding & falling through the night have been unnerving to say the least,” resident Kathy Ragan wrote on Facebook.

  At least 42 deaths have been reported as a result of the snow storms according to the Associated Press. 

In Fannin County, Texas, north of Dallas, three brothers died following falling into an icy pond. 

In Frisco Texas a 16 year old girl died from a sledding accident. The victim and another girl were being pulled on a sled by a car when the sled hit a curb and struck a tree. 

Near the Austin area an individual was found in their vehicle due to hypothermia. 

Eight people reportedly died in New York City along with a retired police officer in Long Island while shoveling snow. 

Blizzard-like conditions hit the eastern seaboard as a result of a bomb cyclone. It brought heavy snow into the Southeast and frigid temperatures to much of the East Coast.  

Sunday's winter storm moved into the open Atlantic and pulled away from North Carolina. 

Coastal flooding along with high winds and freezing temperatures continued to be of concern.

“I was not impacted by it. It was nice to be home, and the kids to go sledding, which we haven't had a big snowstorm in a long time. I am a winter person. 
My family skis and snowboards. So for me, I was happy to get the snow, my husband is a first responder, so he had to go into work Monday morning,” NHS Mathematics teacher DebHolt said. 

Around 150 million people were under cold weather advisories as well as extreme cold warnings in the Eastern parts of the U.S. 

Wind chills cause near to zero and single digit temperatures in the south and the coldest air masses seen  in Florida since 1989 according to metrologist Peter Mullinax.