After originally targeting the Deep South, a late winter storm pummeled the northeastern United States on Saturday with powerful winds and snow that might pile up to a foot high, sending temperatures plunging and making travel dangerous, AP reports.
According to the National Weather Service, 7 to 12 inches (18 to 30 cm) of snow might fall in northern Pennsylvania and New York, with gusts blowing up to 45 mph (72 kph). While people in Philadelphia were only anticipating a few inches of snow, they were cautioned that blizzard-like conditions were probable at one point and that a flash freeze was possible later, with wet surfaces quickly becoming slippery owing to the cold.
Forecasters warned of tree damage and accompanying blackouts, as well as hazardous boating conditions due to the winter storm, on the coasts of New Jersey and Delaware. Gusts of 40 to 50 mph (65 kph to 95 kph) were predicted, with analysts warning of tree damage and resulting power failures. For other locations, a wind warning was in force.
Moderate to heavy snow has fallen across “a really big region” of the eastern United States, according to forecast expert Andrew Orrison of the weather forecast office in College Park, Maryland, although the storm was moving fast to the northeast.
Multiple injuries were reported in an incident involving 73 automobiles on a central Pennsylvania highway Saturday afternoon, but no life-threatening wounds were immediately recorded, according to state police. The incident was reported soon after 2 p.m. Saturday on PA 581 in Cumberland County, according to Trooper Megan Ammerman.
The reason for the collision and other facts were unavailable at the time of publication. Temperatures in the region were estimated to be in the low to mid-20s, far below freezing, with gusts blowing to 30 to 40 mph (50-60 kph), resulting in poor visibility, according to WCAU-TV.
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