Arctic blast puts more than 110 million Americans under cold weather warnings on Monday; frozen the Iowa caucuses Dozens of major school districts are expected to close Tuesday and flight service will be slowed.
Millions of students will have an extra-long Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, with schools in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, Denver and other major cities closing on Tuesday due to cold and snow. School will be closed.
Winter Storm Heather brought subzero temperatures from Missoula, Montana, to Chicago.
In the Windy City, low temperatures are expected to drop to -10 degrees Celsius on Monday, before reaching a relatively hot 0 degrees Celsius on Tuesday. Wind chills are expected to drop to at least -20 degrees in some parts of Chicagoland and reach -35 degrees by Monday.
Wind chill advisories or warnings are in effect across the central United States, from the Rocky Mountains to Ohio. According to the National Weather Service. Winter storm advisories and warnings extend from Tennessee across the Appalachians and into New England.
About 6 inches of snow fell in Nashville between Sunday and Monday. exceed annual average For the past 30 years. Schools in Nashville will be closed on both Tuesday and Wednesday, depending on the weather.
The nation's capital received its first snow of the season on Monday, with 3 inches expected across much of the DMV Monday into Tuesday. This is the first time in two years that we have had more than 1 inch of snow. until that day — for the district.
New York City is expected to break a similar snow-free record on Tuesday, with about 3 inches of snow expected to fall for the first time in 701 days without more than 1 inch of rain.
In terms of air travel, after more than 2,600 flights were canceled on Monday, more than 1,200 flights have already been canceled and another 1,800 have been delayed on Tuesday. flight aware.
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