Author: Rick Jervis / Source: USA TODAY
A wintry mess will bring snow and possibly blizzard conditions to parts of the northern Plains and Upper Midwest starting Friday night. Meanwhile, further south, heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected. USA TODAY
Snowdrifts in North Carolina. Icy roads in Oklahoma.
Submerged cars in Houston.A heavy bout of rain and wintry weather is pummeling parts of the USA and more severe winter weather is on its way, threatening a wide swath of the country, from the Carolinas to Texas.
The same winter storm that dumped heavy rains on Los Angeles last week is expected to unleash heavy snows and ice this weekend as it tracks from the southern Plains into the Southeast. Widespread power outages, delayed and cancelled flights and dangerous roads are expected.
Governors in Virginia and North Carolina have declared emergencies ahead in anticipation of the storm.
“It’s certainly not unprecedented but it’s a major storm,” said Dave Samuhel, a meteorologist with AccuWeather. “It’s going to have a big impact.”
Asheville, N.C., is expected to bear a large brunt of the storm, with up to two feet falling around much of the region this weekend, followed by treacherous and icy conditions early next week. The eastern corner of Jackson County along the Blue Ridge Parkway to Mount Pisgah should see the highest amounts of snowfall, drawing close to two feet.
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In a clear sign that harsh weather may be on its way, Jim Cantore, the intrepid Weather Channel correspondent at the forefront of dangerous storms, has deployed to Boone, N.
C., around 90 miles northeast of Asheville.“I think when people wake up tomorow morning, they’re oging to be staying right where they are,” Cantone said in an interview with Boone Town Manager John Ward. “I think it’s going to be — forgive the word — puking snow outside.”
Emergency officials were bringing in extra staff and cautiously monitoring whether ice accumulates under all the snow, making travel increasingly dangerous.
“If we do, that’s going to make…
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