The weather event is expected to affect 135 million people over the coming days - throwing Christmas plans into disarray for many. 9News
Travellers across much of the eastern US are bracing for one of the most treacherous Christmas weekends in decades, with forecasters warning of a "bomb cyclone" that will pack heavy snow and wind while sending temperatures plummeting 50F in a matter of hours.
The I-74 bridges are seen through the snow and fog above the Mississippi River in Bettendorf, Iowa, on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022.There were already widespread disruptions in flights and train travel. "This weather and the amount of equipment we have - we don't have enough," Oliver said, noting that rescues of people stranded in their homes had to be halted early yesterday when the hydraulic fluid in heavy equipment froze amid a 41 below zero windchill.
"I think trust will be earned over the next few days as people see that we have ultra-cold temperatures and the grid is going to be able to perform with ease," Governor Greg Abbott said in a news conference yesterday. Michigan State Police prepared to deploy additional troopers to help motorists. And along Interstate 90 in northern Indiana, crews were braced to clear as much as a foot of snow as meteorologists warned of blizzard conditions there starting last night.
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