Brutally Cold Weather Expected to Hit Storm-Battered South and Northeast US This Weekend

Published on January 20, 2024

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Memphis residents were urged to boil water and New Yorkers have been warned that roads could be covered with dangerous black ice this weekend as brutal cold and inclement weather continue to sweep across parts of the U.S. Bitterly frigid air spilled into the Midwest from Canada on Friday and several states were under advisories as forecasters warned that wind chills dipping to minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 34 degrees Celsius) could be common through Sunday morning. Heavier-than-forecast snow fell in New York City, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C., on Friday. Storms have walloped the Pacific Northwest, Midwest, Plains, South, and Northeast with low temperatures, heavy snow, ice storms, freezing rain, and high winds for the past two weeks....