Snow and lingering cold disrupts travel across East Coast of US
AccuWeather's Ali Reid reports from Virginia Beach, Virginia, in the morning of Feb. 20, where the shores have been blanketed under snow with bitter cold lingering. Roads were slick with snow and ice.
Winter storm dumps snow in the East as freeze warnings, travel delays abound
A major winter storm left behind heavy snow and bitter cold as it began to push off the Atlantic Coast on Thursday, leading to flight delays, snarled traffic and shuttered schools. The system had far-reaching impacts this week, blanketing the storm-ravaged states of Kentucky and Tennessee while dumping about a foot of snow over parts of Virginia and North Carolina. It barreled across the country as a blast of Arctic air gripped the central and eastern U.S., setting new record low temperatures in multiple states.
mRNA vaccines show promise in pancreatic cancer in early trial
Personalized mRNA vaccines show promise as pancreatic cancer treatment, a phase 1 clinical trial published Wednesday in Nature found. Fewer than 13% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer live for more than five years, making it one of the deadliest types of cancer. That is, in part, because around 90% of cases are diagnosed when the disease is already advanced.
This Week’s Weather: 4 Things To Watch
The winter storm parade continues with Kingston’s cross country trek, ushering in more snow, ice and extremely cold temperatures. The West will see another system move in midweek and spring will fight back against winter by the weekend. As we head into President’s Day week, here are some things you should watch out for.
Hiring freeze of firefighters could be deadly, Forest Service captain warns
SKAMANIA COUNTY, Wash. — A freeze on the hiring and onboarding of thousands of federal firefighters could have deadly consequences as the national wildfire response operates at a "diminished capacity," a federal firefighting captain told NBC News. The federal hiring freeze ordered last month by President Donald Trump will hinder the U.S. Forest Service's ability to "deliver the lifesaving service that Americans deserve,” said Capt. Ben McLane, who serves in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, in southern Washington.
Winter storm aims arctic blast at large swath of US
The National Weather Service issued an extreme cold warning for several states in the Central U.S. as a storm moves east.
Snowstorm barrels across eastern US as 100M face freezing temperatures
A cross-country winter storm dumped snow over parts of the eastern U.S. on Wednesday, delaying travel and prompting widespread closures as a blast of Arctic air stretched into the South, plunging temperatures to dangerous lows from the Canadian border to the Gulf Coast. Wednesday afternoon, moderate snowfall was ongoing across North Carolina and the southern Mid-Atlantic and is expected to fall though Thursday morning for these regions, the National Weather Service said.
Death toll in Kentucky storms rises to 14 as state braces for another round of winter weather
The death toll from the weekend storms that devastated Kentucky has risen to 14 — and the impacted communities are preparing for more winter weather. Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday that two more people, a man and woman who appear to have been homeless, died from hypothermia. Twelve others have died as a result of flooding in the state, including a mother and her 7-year-old child, whose car was swept away in Hart County, according to WBKO-TV.
'Warming up to 24 below zero:' Record cold surges across central U.S.
A bitter blast of Arctic air – which is related to the polar vortex – is roaring south across the central U.S. Tuesday, bringing with it record-cold temperatures and "dangerously" low wind chills. Extreme cold warnings and cold weather advisories span the northern Plains and upper Midwest down to central Texas. "Some of the harshest conditions of the winter will be felt in the upcoming five to seven days," said AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski in an online forecast. "Be sure to dress in layers including a hat, face mask, and gloves if you must go outside," the National Weather Service advised.
Mount Washington in New Hampshire sees 161-mph wind gust, still short of record high
High winds buffeted the Atlantic Coast on Monday from Florida to Maine, but the gusts into the 60s may have seemed like a gentle breeze compared with the howling winds at Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire. Mount Washington, known for its harsh and erratic weather, saw its wind gusts top out at 161 mph on Monday, the observatory reported. Wind speeds are relative, however: The mountain still holds the record for the highest surface wind speed ever measured in the United States: 231 mph.`