A cold wave and freezing rain threaten more than 100 million people
The National Weather Service forecasts accumulations of snow and ice through Saturday across much of the country.
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The National Weather Service reported that a series of winter storms will affect the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast through next week with heavy rain and a combination of snow, sleet and freezing rain.
"Forecast snow and ice accumulations through Saturday across the country," the service said on its X account.
Similarly, the service explained that up to a half-inch of ice is expected in eastern West Virginia, northern Virginia and parts of south-central Pennsylvania, which could cause scattered power outages and damage to trees.
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"This amount of ice is capable of making untreated roadways treacherous" the NWS said. Between 2 and 5 feet of snow could fall across much of New England.
Along those lines, the National Weather Service warned -as recalled by NBC- this week that even a minimal amount of freezing rain (which freezes on contact with the ground, making surfaces slippery) can create chaos on the roads.
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