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A severe ice storm is forecast to sweep across the U.S. South, from Texas to the Carolinas, this weekend, threatening widespread power outages, dangerous travel conditions, and prolonged freezing temperatures as an arctic air mass clashes with Gulf moisture.
Learn what a 'bomb cyclone' is: a storm that rapidly intensifies through 'bombogenesis,' dropping at least 24 millibars in central pressure within 24 hours, leading to dangerous conditions like blizzards, intense winds, and power outages, particularly during colder seasons.
Gale warnings (and their land equivalent, high wind warnings) signal dangerous wind speeds over 35 knots, posing significant risks to boats, property, driving conditions, and human health due to wind chill and potential frostbite.
A bomb cyclone is a rapidly intensifying storm where central pressure drops significantly in 24 hours, leading to severe weather conditions like blizzards, intense winds, and power outages.
A winter storm caused over a thousand flight cancellations and delays across the Northeast and Great Lakes during the busy Christmas-New Year's travel period, with New York City receiving significant snowfall.
Southern California is facing a severe storm system, causing widespread flooding, mudslides, and at least two deaths, with forecasters predicting the wettest Christmas in years and heightened risks in wildfire burn scar zones.
The Midwest experienced severe post-holiday travel disruptions due to record snowfall, black ice, and fog, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations and delays, particularly at Chicago O'Hare. Simultaneously, the Northeast is gearing up for its first major snowstorm of the season, with forecasts predicting up to a foot of snow and icy conditions.
A major snowstorm is currently impacting the Midwest and Great Lakes, causing significant travel disruptions for Thanksgiving travelers. Winter storm warnings stretch from Montana to Ohio, with heavy snow leading to airport delays and slow road conditions. Another storm is expected to hit the Northeast next week.
A sudden Arctic cold spell has plunged the southeastern U.S. into record-low temperatures, affecting 18 million people and causing iguanas to fall from trees in Florida. Concurrently, heavy snowfall hit parts of the Great Lakes and Northeast.
Tropical Storm Melissa is dumping heavy rain on Haiti and the Dominican Republic, posing a significant flood risk across the northern Caribbean. Forecasters warn of catastrophic impacts, with Melissa expected to strengthen into a hurricane and potentially a major storm, threatening Haiti, Jamaica, and Cuba with torrential rainfall and flash flooding.
