Parts of Oregon are bracing for freezing rain after a weekend of extreme winds knocked down trees and cut power to thousands. Across the U.S., perilously cold weather on Tuesday closed schools and put electricity supplies at risk. Tennessee Valley Authority, which provides electricity to millions of people, asked customers in seven states to voluntarily cut back. A similar plea came from the grid operator in Texas. New York City’s Central Park recorded at least an inch of snow in a day for the first time since 2022. Philadelphia snapped a similar dry streak. In Washington, D.C., a friendly snowball fight broke out on the National Mall during a government snow day.
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Major cities on the U.S. East Coast have broken a snow drought of sorts. Meanwhile, other parts of the country were struggling Tuesday with perilously low temperatures that closed schools, cut power and likely contributed to cold exposure deaths. New York City’s Central Park has recorded more than an inch of snow in a single day for the first time since 2022. The National Weather Service says Philadelphia’s 715-day streak without a similar amount has ended, too. More than 100,000 U.S. homes and businesses are without power, most of them in Oregon, Texas and Louisiana, after widespread outages that started over the weekend. Here s what’s happening and what’s in the forecast.
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