80M people under watches, warnings, advisories as dangerous snowstorm pounds Midwest, Northeast John Bacon, USA TODAY
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ARLINGTON, Va. New Jersey and New York City declared emergencies on Sunday as a powerful winter storm that hammered the West last week roared through the Midwest and took aim at the Northeast.
Blizzard conditions with up to 2 feet of snow were possible for some areas.
Almost 80 million people were under winter storm warnings, watches and advisories. Major Eastern cities including Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York City were bracing for the biggest snowfall of the season, Accuweather warned.
The National Weather Service also forecast that winds could gust between 35 to 50 mph, reducing visibility with drifting snow and leading to danger of falling tree branches and power lines.
That s more snow than we ve seen in a decade : Winter storm drops 10+ inches on southeast Wisconsin Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
After an overnight snowstorm dropped more than 10 inches on parts of southeastern Wisconsin, the Milwaukee area has its deepest snow cover in at least a decade.
The National Weather Service showed that Glendale and Racine were reporting 13 inches of snow Sunday morning. Kenosha had 12 inches as of 11:30 a.m. Grafton, Cedarburg, Mequon and Oak Creek had reports of 11 inches.
More than a dozen municipalities in Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine and Kenosha counties were reporting at least 10 inches of snow Sunday morning.
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A man clears his sidewalk and driveway after a snow storm in Omaha. Nebraska.
CHICAGO, Illinois After days of frigid temperatures, the Northeast braced for a whopper of a storm that could dump well over a foot of snow in many areas, create blizzard-like conditions and cause travel problems for the next few days.
The storm system blanketed parts of the Midwest with the most snow some places had seen in several years. Chicago got almost 7 inches of snow by Sunday, leading to the cancellation of a couple hundred flights at the city’s two airports.
Major snowstorm heads for Northeast after blanketing Midwest MarketWatch 2/1/2021
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After days of frigid temperatures, the Northeast on Sunday braced for a whopper of a storm that could dump well over a foot of snow in many areas, create blizzard-like conditions and cause travel problems for the next few days.
It was already impacting coronavirus vaccinations in New York and New Jersey, with appointments for Monday needing to be canceled and rescheduled.
Are you ready #NYC and the Tri-state area? This could be our first foot of snow from a single storm in 5 years. More than 18.1 would put us in top 10 snowstorm territory. pic.twitter.com/01cxZlTjOW Jen Carfagno (@JenCarfagno) February 1, 2021