Thousands of flights delayed, highways closed amid fierce winter storm in West
12/12/2022
States that won’t see snow won’t be in the clear. Across parts of Kansas, Oklahoma and northern Texas “significant risk” to lives and property is expected to unfold as thunderstorms, possibly bringing hail and isolated tornadoes, erupt late Monday, AccuWeather said.
Tuesday, the dangerous system will target cities from Springfield, Missouri, and Little Rock, Arkansas, south to Houston and New Orleans.
A brutal winter storm was marching toward the nation’s interior Monday after smashing parts of Southern California with more than 7 inches of rain and blasting the Golden State’s mountains with up to 5 feet of snow.
Almost 15 million people in more than a dozen states faced foul weather warnings or watches Monday. Blizzard or winter storm warnings were in effect for parts of Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska.
“Heavy precipitation and strong winds continue across the western region” as the storm continues to track inland, the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center warned.
More than 6,000 U.S. flights were delayed Sunday, and more than 600 more had been delayed or canceled by 7 a.m. Monday.
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