Snow and ice are worn in the middle of the Atlantic states – Fox 5 Las Vegas

(AP) – A earthly mess was descending into the Middle Atlantic states on Tuesday with forecasts for significant snow and ice accumulation, which caused warnings about potential interruptions of electricity.

The trip will become insidious Tuesday until the beginning of Wednesday in much of Virginia and West Virginia, the National Meteorological Service announced.

Virginia Glen Youngkin’s Republican Governor, on Monday, announced a state of emergency before the storm, allowing state agencies to help local authorities. Schools and government services across Virginia were closed on Tuesday.

The largest snow, up to 10 inches (25.4 centimeters), was estimated in parts of North and Central Virginia and the Eastern West Virginia. Ice accumulations can range from glaze in Kentucky and West Virginia to half an inch (1.3 centimeters) in the Roanok Valley in Southwestern Virginia, the Meteorological Service said. Power supply interruptions and trees damage were probably in places with severe ice accumulation.

“Did you think the winter was over? Think again! “The Service of the Meteorological Service in Blexburg, Virginia, said in a publication on the social media platform X. Snow mixed with snow, spreads to West Virginia and North Carolina at the beginning of Tuesday, with snow expected to worsen the road conditions quickly, Before the rain of freezing in the rain in the rain in the rain during the afternoon, the office stated in posts on Tuesday.

Appalachian Power, which serves 1 million customers in West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee, said she had requested 700 additional workers from neighboring utilities to help problems by Tuesday morning.

In Eastern Tennessee, the forecasts have warned that the threat of floods will increase throughout the week, with up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) of rain by Sunday. The US Army Engineering Corps said it was taking steps to capture the outflow and mitigate the risk of floods, including a decrease in some levels of the lake and emptying storage tanks.

In North Virginia, the National Park Service closed part of the George Washington Memorial Park, a narrow highway that winds through the forest along the Potomak River. Parkway has linked numerous small sites on the national park and historically was a problem during the winter storms for abandoned cars that created a slalom course for snowodes and other vehicles.

Winter storm warnings extended from Kentucky to southern New Jersey, and the flooding clock was published for a wide range of Kentucky, Tennessee, Southwestern Virginia and North Georgia. The snow and ice mixture was expected to make all the rains when temperatures climb until Wednesday afternoon.

A separate storm system is designed to bring heavy snow from Kansas and Missouri to the Great Lakes on Wednesday, the Meteorological Service said.

Dangerous cold was projected on Tuesday by an Arctic air mass extending from Portland, Oregon to the Great Lakes.

In Detroit, two children under 10 may have died of exposure to the cold after being found with other family members on Monday in a van in a casino parking garage, police said. Their family may have lived in the van, police said.

“It was unnecessary. It didn’t have to happen that way, “police captain Nathan Duda told WJBK-TV.

Oregon Multnomah County officials – who has already confirmed the death of hypothermia earlier this month – said three severe meteorological shelters with over 230 beds in the Portland region will open on Monday night when a condition is to take effect. The regional office of homeless services was also intended to improve its work program for the spread of warm clothing, blankets and warming hands of approximately 4,000 people living outside in the metro area.

Morning Low Temperatures Could Drop Under 20 Degrees Fahrenheit (Minus 6.7 Celsius) Through Wednesday, and Gusty Winds Could Make Tempherats Feel Under 10 Degrees (Minus Aid on X. Freezing Rain May Hit the Area from Wednesday night to Thursday night, as another system can bring more rainfall over the weekend.

The difficult winter time paralyzes Portland in the past. The city, which is more suns, only partially refers to its street network in the case of snow and ice and not plowed in the side streets. Such a time in the region can also be deadly. Last year, snow, frozen rain, ice and frigid temperatures were accused of at least 10 deaths in Oregon of hypothermia and falling trees or useful pillars.

The temperature was expected to retreat on Tuesday morning to minus 33 degrees (minus 36 degrees Celsius) in Booth, Montana, where at least five people died in the last two winters due to exposure to cold, said Baton Erickson, CEO of the Savior Savior Mission. Advocates of the homeless in the city of about 35,000 plan to be out on the street, spreading bedrooms, jackets, gloves and other cold weather facilities to anyone who needs them, Erickson said.

“When it gets so cold, we somehow take out all the stops,” he said. “Having all these resources available can literally save their lives or protect them from frost.”

In addition to the winter storms, the forecasts also consider an atmospheric river expected in California since Thursday, according to Brian Hurley, a senior meteorologist at the Meteorological Service Forecasting Center. It is expected to bring heavy rainfall along the coast and in the central valleys and a few feet of snow in Sierra until Saturday.

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Associated Press Writers from the United States have contributed to this report.

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