A vast winter storm has brought a mix of severe weather conditions to the East Coast, including heavy snowfall in the Northeast, flooding in the South, and powerful, damaging winds stretching from Georgia to New England.
The snow has been straggled across the northeast this Monday morning, bringing in some powerful winds and snow in the region. After the heavy rain blizzard warning has been in effect to parts of the Appalachian Mountains and The United States have been covered in inches worth of snow.
The snow has moved away from New England but may face some Lake-effect snow that was falling in parts of southern New England early Monday. The National Services warned that given the size and strength of the storm strong gusty winds would continue to produce across the Great Lakes.
Blizzard warnings are said to be in effect in central Appalachian due to the cold blows, although the storm was expected to taper off later Monday.
Aside from the harsh cold weather, power outages, downed trees can affect day to day lives of the citizens and hinder travel plans.
Sunday’s wind event delivered gusts approaching or exceeding hurricane strength, including 76 m.p.h. gusts at Camp David, located about 1,841 feet in the Catoctin Mountains in northern Frederick County, Md., according to the Weather Service. Sustained hurricane force winds start at 74 m.p.h.
On Sunday morning, One woman in Philadelphia died as a tree fell on her vehicle reported by the Philadelphia Police Department.
- Atlantic City International Airport: Wind gusts of 71 m.p.h
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: 65 m.p.h
- Kennedy International Airport: 50 m.p.h
- LaGuardia Airport: Wind gusts up to 60 m.p.h
The Former recorded by the Weather Service and the latter reported by Connor Bleak, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport have hundreds of flights which have been either delayed or cancelled due to strong wind gust.
The power Outages in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia each had more than 50,000 citizens without power on early Monday morning.
Regional Snowfall
Connecticut, particularly Fairfield and Middlesex Counties, received approximately 2.5 inches of snow on Saturday evening4. Massachusetts and Rhode Island reported snowfall ranging from two to five inches by Sunday morning, with northern Massachusetts accumulating as much as seven inches.