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Warning of MORE snow on the way across the US this week – how many inches could your state get?
MORE snow is on its way affecting millions of Americans across the country this week.
The first storm is expected to hit Wednesday and into Thursday, which is predicted to spread snow from the Ohio Valley across into the Northeast and mid-Atlantic.
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Sitting along its path are Louisville, Kentucky, Charleston, South Carolina and Washington DC and forecasters say each could see between one to three inches of snow.
"There could be a narrow, sneaky zone of three inches of snow from parts of the Tennessee Valley to the lower Mid-Atlantic coast in the Wednesday night to Thursday time frame," meteorologist Bernie Rayno said.
Parts of New Jersey could see two inches fall from Wednesday and into Thursday.
The National Weather Service’s Mount Holly office increased the possible snowfall totals for areas of the state on Tuesday night.
New York City could start to see snow fall Wednesday night and continue into Thursday morning with between one and three inches expected, the has said, with a 30 per cent chance more snow could arrive Friday and Saturday morning.
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If that wasn’t enough, once that storm passes, another more powerful storm is due on Friday and Saturday, hitting the Southeast and East Coast, reports.
Forecasters aren’t exactly clear yet about what that storm will bring but people from Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York City and Boston are all being urged to keep an eye on the weather forecast as the storm could move northwards from the south Friday night and into Saturday, Accuweather says.
There could be travel chaos for people in Georgia to the Carolinas, Virginia, Delaware, Maryland and southern New Jersey due to a mixture of snow and ice between Friday and early Saturday.
It is too early though to give exact predictions of snow or ice for this storm, said Weather Channel meteorologist Chris Dolce.
Although he did say it had the potential to cause a significant snow and ice threat to parts of the Southeast.
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“If it stays mostly out to sea, we’ll see little to no snow while a track closer to the coast could result in significant snow,” the National Weather Service said Tuesday morning.
The two predicted winter storms come on the heels of last weekend’s storm which dropped snow in parts of New York state, Ohio and Pennsylvania from Sunday night into Monday morning.
In North Carolina two people died Sunday when their car drove off the road.
The state highway patrol said the preliminary cause of the crash was “exceeding safe speed for the conditions”.
Tens of thousands of people were affected by power outages and thousands of flights were canceled or delayed.
A number of Covid-19 vaccination and test centers were also forced to close due to the conditions.
In Virginia, state police responded to around 1,000 traffic crashes and disabled vehicles.
Southwest Florida was also hit by severe thunderstorms Sunday which spun up an EF2 tornado with 118mph winds.
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It destroyed 30 mobile homes and damaged 51 more with three minor injuries reported.
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