Downed trees, auto accident claim 5 lives as frigid temperatures follow springlike warmth.
Kabar Medsos – The biggest snowstorm for the mid-Atlantic since 2019 kicked off the first full week of the new year: More than a foot of snow fell across portions of Maryland, Delaware and southern New Jersey.
Huntingtown, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, recorded what was possibly the largest total in the region, with an accumulation of 15.5 inches by mid-day Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
In New Jersey, where Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency in five southern counties, he called the storm the “most significant” snow event in four years. Egg Harbor Township, north of Cape May, saw 13.5 inches by Monday night, the weather service reported.
Earlier, accumulating snow fell across portions of northern Alabama, north Georgia, much of Tennessee and as far south as the Florida Panhandle.
Thundersnow was reported in Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland.
The severe weather appeared to be responsible for the deaths of two children.
In rain-soaked Decatur, Georgia, a tree fell on a home and killed a 5-year-old boy Monday morning, fire officials told NBC affiliate WXIA. In snow-battered Townsend, Tennessee, a tree fell on a home and killed a child who had been in their bedroom, according to NBC affiliate WBIR.
Three people in the Washington D.C., area were also killed when their SUV collided with a snowplow on Monday night, authorities in Montgomery County, Maryland, said.
An investigation into the cause of the crash was still underway and it wasn’t clear whether the snowplow was operating at the time, Montgomery County police spokeswoman Shiera Goff said.
Hundreds of thousands of people lost power in the storm. By Tuesday morning, more than 375,000 had no service in the mid-Atlantic region. Virginia had the most outages, with over 281,000 customers still without power, according to PowerOutage.us, which aggregates data from utilities across the U.S. Tens of thousands more were without electricity in Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia.
New York City, which was forecast to see as much as a few inches of snow, saw almost nothing after the early morning, NBC New York reported.
The dynamic storm system had a severe thunderstorm side, too.
The southern side of the mid-Atlantic snowstorm produced severe thunderstorms Monday morning across the eastern Carolinas.
Monday morning featured a tornado watch for cities including Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and severe thunderstorms capable of damaging winds and isolated tornadoes charged through the eastern Carolinas. Flash flooding was also a concern.
To add more shock to the biggest snowstorm in years, the snow came on the heels of spring-like warmth over the weekend.
After highs Sunday soared into the 70s across the Southeast and 60s across the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, highs on Monday will be 20 to 30 degrees lower.
These sharply colder temperatures could cause wet roadways to freeze Monday night into Tuesday morning, leading to icing concerns on roadways.
Badai musim dingin membuat ribuan orang tanpa listrik di tengah Atlantik
Pohon tumbang, kecelakaan mobil merenggut 5 nyawa karena suhu dingin mengikuti kehangatan musim semi.
Kabar Medsos – Badai salju terbesar di Atlantik tengah sejak 2019 dimulai pada minggu pertama tahun baru: Lebih dari satu kaki salju turun di sebagian Maryland, Delaware, dan selatan New Jersey.
Huntingtown, di Pantai Timur Maryland, mencatat apa yang mungkin merupakan jumlah terbesar di wilayah tersebut, dengan akumulasi 15,5 inci pada Senin tengah hari, menurut Layanan Cuaca Nasional.
Di New Jersey, di mana Gubernur Phil Murphy mengumumkan keadaan darurat di lima kabupaten selatan, dia menyebut badai itu sebagai peristiwa salju “paling signifikan” dalam empat tahun. Egg Harbor Township, utara Cape May, melihat 13,5 inci pada Senin malam, layanan cuaca melaporkan.
Sebelumnya, akumulasi salju turun di bagian utara Alabama, Georgia utara, sebagian besar Tennessee dan sejauh selatan hingga Florida Panhandle.
Thundersnow dilaporkan di Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia dan Maryland.
Cuaca buruk tampaknya menjadi penyebab kematian dua anak.
Di Decatur, Georgia yang diguyur hujan, sebuah pohon tumbang menimpa sebuah rumah dan menewaskan seorang bocah lelaki berusia 5 tahun pada Senin pagi, kata petugas pemadam kebakaran kepada afiliasi NBC, WXIA. Di Townsend yang dilanda salju, Tennessee, sebuah pohon tumbang di sebuah rumah dan membunuh seorang anak yang berada di kamar tidur mereka, menurut afiliasi NBC, WBIR.
Tiga orang di daerah Washington D.C. juga tewas ketika SUV mereka bertabrakan dengan bajak salju pada Senin malam, kata pihak berwenang di Montgomery County, Maryland.
Investigasi penyebab kecelakaan itu masih berlangsung dan tidak jelas apakah bajak salju beroperasi pada saat itu, kata juru bicara kepolisian Montgomery County Shiera Goff.
Ratusan ribu orang kehilangan aliran listrik akibat badai tersebut. Pada Selasa pagi, lebih dari 375.000 tidak memiliki layanan di wilayah Atlantik tengah. Virginia mengalami pemadaman paling banyak, dengan lebih dari 281.000 pelanggan masih tanpa listrik, menurut PowerOutage.us, yang mengumpulkan data dari utilitas di seluruh AS. Puluhan ribu lainnya tidak memiliki listrik di Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, dan Georgia.
New York City, yang diperkirakan akan melihat salju beberapa inci, hampir tidak melihat apa pun setelah pagi hari, NBC New York melaporkan.
Sistem badai dinamis juga memiliki sisi badai petir yang parah.
Sisi selatan badai salju Atlantik tengah menghasilkan badai petir hebat Senin pagi di seluruh Carolina timur.
Senin pagi menampilkan pengamatan tornado untuk kota-kota termasuk Pantai Myrtle, Carolina Selatan, dan Cape Hatteras, Carolina Utara, dan badai petir hebat yang mampu merusak angin dan tornado terisolasi yang menyerang Carolina timur. Banjir bandang juga menjadi perhatian.
Untuk menambahkan lebih banyak kejutan pada badai salju terbesar dalam beberapa tahun, salju datang setelah kehangatan seperti musim semi selama akhir pekan.
Setelah tertinggi hari Minggu melonjak ke tahun 70-an di Tenggara dan 60-an di Atlantik tengah dan Timur Laut, tertinggi pada hari Senin akan menjadi 20 hingga 30 derajat lebih rendah.
Suhu yang sangat dingin ini dapat menyebabkan jalan raya yang basah membeku dari Senin malam hingga Selasa pagi, yang menyebabkan kekhawatiran akan lapisan es di jalan raya.
