Millions across the US brace for plummeting temperatures and winter storms
Much of the eastern half of the US will this week experience some of the coldest temperatures this winter, if not for several years
Residents across the country from the Northern Plains to the tip of Maine are bracing for dangerously low temperatures as tens of millions of residents along the East Coast contend with a thick blanket of snow – and more snowfall in the forecast.
Winter storm warnings issued by the National Weather Service were in effect for parts of the mid-Atlantic through Monday morning, and warnings began in New England on Sunday afternoon.
Heavy lake-effect snow was expected in western New York state Monday through Wednesday morning, with 60-90cm (2 to 3 feet) possible in some areas including Oswego along Lake Ontario.
Marc Chenard, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland, projected that as many as 70 million residents will be under some kind of winter storm warning in the coming days.
Sunday snowfall was just the start of a chaotic week of weather. Much of the Eastern Seaboard will be enduring some of the coldest temperatures this winter.
An area from the Rockies into the Northern Plains will see colder than normal weather over several days, with temperatures forecast to drop to between minus 34 degrees Celsius (minus 30 Fahrenheit) to minus 48 degrees on Monday.
