US EditionKansas City-area school closings, remote learning for Friday, January 23
Schools in the Kansas City metro area are closed or moving to virtual learning due to dangerously low wind chills and an incoming winter storm, with some expecting up to 10 inches of snow.
- On Friday, Kansas City metro school districts closed or switched to virtual learning due to dangerously cold conditions, including Brookside Charter School, Gordon Parks Elementary School, and Kansas City Public Schools.
- The National Weather Service forecasts around 12 degrees at 6 a.m. Friday with steady 13 mph winds and gusts over 30 mph, issuing a cold weather advisory warning wind chills could fall 15 to 20 below zero.
- Canceling scheduled athletics and activities, districts canceled all high‑school athletics and after‑school activities and posted snow‑plow maps and outage resources for the Kansas City metro.
- Residents were urged to check Kansas and Missouri highway condition websites and the KMBC Interactive Traffic Map as travel disruptions and power outage concerns affect metro residents.
- Forecasts show 6 to 10 inches of snow from tomorrow night through Sunday morning, with system number two arriving Saturday evening and highs near seven above; download the KMBC 9 News App for updates.
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