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2022 - 12 - 23

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US winter storm to bring coldest Christmas in decades (BBC News)

The once-in-a-generation weather event may reach pressure equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane.

They are referred to as bomb cyclones due to the explosive power caused by the rapid fall in pressure. Denver is forecast to face the brunt of the cold snap on Thursday morning as temperatures plummet to -16F. The NWS has called it a once-in-a-generation winter weather event, especially as the storm reaches the Great Lakes region, where its pressure is expected to reach the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane. Named Winter Storm Elliot by the Weather Channel, the arctic blast is expected to deliver the coldest Christmas to the Midwest since the late 1980s, according to forecasts cited by US media. A major winter storm sweeping the US this week may bring the coldest Christmas in four decades to parts of the country, say forecasters. US winter storm to bring coldest Christmas in decades

Weather warnings in US as Arctic freeze grips northern hemisphere (Financial Times)

Northern hemisphere experiences extreme Arctic temperatures. Map showing forecast minimum temperature 2m above ground,. A bitterly cold Arctic air mass has ...

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Intensifying winter storm's icy cold and wind knocks out power to ... (CNN)

The massive winter storm battering the US with frigid temperatures, high winds and heavy snow has left over a million customers without power as of Friday ...

Louis’ temperature dropped 44 degrees – in wind chill terms, a drop of 61 degrees, from 31 to minus 30. Declarations of a state of emergency in several states have included the activation of National Guard units. The air will continue to get and feel colder, especially during night hours. The storm’s pressure is forecast to match that of a Category 2 hurricane as it moves into the Great Lakes on Friday. “The ongoing major winter storm will continue to produce areas of heavy snow, strong winds, and life-threatening wind chills through Saturday. Cheyenne, Wyoming: Over about one hour, temperatures in Cheyenne dropped by 43 degrees. The warning applies to parts of Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota and Michigan. The forecast calls for near-record low temperatures for Christmas Eve Day on Saturday in cities including Washington DC and Atlanta and parts of Florida. Damaging winds behind the front have knocked out power to over 1.1 million customers as of 9:30 a.m. Other winter weather alerts are in effect for blizzard conditions, ice, snow as well as flooding. [Related: Follow live updates](https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/winter-storm-christmas-weather-forecast-12-23-2022/index.html) [flight cancellations](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/friday-flight-cancellations/index.html) growing rapidly.

US faces 'once in a generation' freeze for Christmas as bomb ... (The Guardian)

More than 200 million people in nearly every US state are under various winter weather alerts, including for wind chill, ice and heavy snow, as a huge winter ...

The Ohio governor, Mike DeWine, called it “a unique and dangerous situation”. The weather service’s map “depicts one of the greatest extents of winter weather warnings and advisories ever,” forecasters said. “The ongoing major winter storm will continue to produce areas of heavy snow, strong winds, and life-threatening wind chills through Saturday. In Kentucky three people died on the roads, Governor Andy Beshear announced on Friday morning. Power outages left more than 1.4 million homes and businesses in the dark, according to the website PowerOutage. Kansas City police spokeswoman Donna Drake said a minivan driver died Thursday after loosing control on icy streets and overturning into a creek.

Winter Storm Elliott: Coastal Flooding Hits Northeast; Deadly Pileup ... (Wunderground.com)

About 73,000 power outages are being reported in Tennessee right now, according to PowerOutage.us. (3:58 p.m. ET) At Least One Dead In Ohio Pileup. At least ...

Winter storm Elliott: Flight delays and Christmas packages stalled as ... (The Independent)

At least five people have been killed, more than 1.1 million customers are without power and thousands of flights cancelled or delayed as a historic polar ...

Wind chill is driving temperatures to minus 40 degrees in some parts of western states. No details have been released on the cause of the crash or of the person killed in the accident. This is serious stuff,” he said. Extreme winter weather is blasting large parts of the United States, from Indiana to coastal New York In Florida, as of noon, over 200 flights were delayed and 36 were canceled at Miami International Airport. All together, 8,425 US flights have been delayed and 5,125 have been canceled as of Friday evening, The fatalities were a combination of auto wrecks and people being exposed to the elements directly. At least eight people have died because of the storm sweeping across the country, in states including Oklahoma, Kentucky, Missouri, and Wisconsin, NBC Officials say that buses were used to collect and take people from the scene of the accident to a nearby facility to keep them warm in freezing temperatures. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says that the crash happened in the eastbound lanes of the Ohio Turnpike in Sandusky County on Friday morning. [according to the New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/12/23/us/winter-storm-snow-weather). At least eight people have been killed, more than 1.1 million customers are without power, and thousands of flights have been cancelled or delayed as a historic polar vortex swept the United States this holiday season.

Winter Storm Live Updates: Bitter Cold and Heavy Snow Sweep ... (The New York Times)

A sprawling winter storm has snarled holiday travel across much of the country as dangerous conditions spread to the East Coast and South.

It also says to run the faucets that are farthest from your main valve, since even a trickle of water will keep pipes from freezing, and to open cupboards with pipes in order to keep the pipes warm. 2, with nearly 102 million of them planning to drive and more than seven million more taking to the skies. For states that are unaccustomed to cold weather, the temperatures could overwhelm the power grid, [as they did last year](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/us/texas-winter-storm-power-outages.html) when a winter storm pushed the Texas grid to the brink of collapse and put millions of people in uncomfortable and sometimes dangerous situations. In cases of severe hypothermia, the victim may be unconscious — and may seem not even to have a pulse, or to be breathing. Researchers have found that blood becomes more concentrated and thicker in the cold, as blood flow to the skin is reduced to conserve body heat. “The worst of the cold will last through Friday, and then we’ll begin to kind of warm up over the weekend.” to Newfoundland in the Canadian Maritimes and from Hudson Bay to Bermuda.” The rest of the route to Charleston — where he nurtured a fascination for weather living through hurricane after hurricane, but almost never a snowstorm — looked like it would be clear and peaceful, as the storm hits the northeast. Earlier in the week, three people were killed in Kansas and two in Oklahoma in vehicle crashes that appeared to be related to the storm, the authorities there said. He emerged to find the temperatures had plummeted and what had been light snow had intensified. “Whenever things don’t go the way you plan, just make a new plan, and try to make it as fun as possible.” [Power outages](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/12/23/us/winter-storm-snow-weather/999c6dc6-ac55-53db-99fa-900a7a4a586a?smid=url-share) across the country left more than a million customers without electricity and posed additional [dangers](https://twitter.com/AkronTXWX/status/1606250121259204609?s=20&t=ZSpXyQyDOgRopdXUYQrxsg) and delays for drivers.