US EditionMost snow in years, blizzard conditions possible in parts of Southeast from powerful bomb cyclone
The bomb cyclone caused heavy snow and frigid temperatures, with over 230,000 homes and businesses losing power and more than 100 deaths reported across the Southeast and East Coast.
- On Saturday, an explosively deepening offshore cyclone dropped snow across eastern Tennessee, the Carolinas, and southern Virginia, with blizzard conditions possible in the Carolinas, the National Weather Service said.
- With arctic air plunging southward, the low-pressure system near the North Carolina coast will rapidly intensify through bombogenesis, sending subfreezing temperatures into South Florida and the Southeast.
- Forecasts show parts of the southern Appalachians, the Carolinas and Georgia could see 6 to 10 inches of snow, with Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, expecting up to 8 inches and Charlotte, North Carolina, roughly a foot.
- Residents faced widespread outages as more than 230,000 homes and businesses lacked power Friday morning, over 100 deaths were reported, and about 80 warming centers opened with National Guard aid.
- North Carolina declared a state of emergency, and North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein urged people to stay off roads as forecasters said bitter cold and heavy snow could persist into February.
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At least 87 people have died so far in the snowstorm that has hit the US
A dangerous cold wave captures the south of the United States. In North Carolina, local amounts of snow fall, which are among the highest since the beginning of the records.
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Snow hits the Carolinas as low temps compound power outage woes elsewhere from last weekend's ice
A “bomb cyclone” that brings heavy snow to parts of the Carolinas and ushers in frigid temperature to much of East Coast Saturday is likely to persist into Sunday. Charlotte, North Carolina, saw one of its heaviest snowfalls in years…
Heavy snow brings near blizzard conditions and dangerous cold to Southeast
Less than one week after a winter storm slammed half the country, a new system is bringing more than a foot of fresh snow in some places and plunging millions under cold weather alerts. It comes as the death toll connected to recent extreme winter weather has exceeded 100 people. NBC News’ Aaron Gilchrist reports.
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