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Access to the Ravenel Bridge connected U.S. Highway 17 is blocked aft a wintertime tempest dropped crystal and snow. (AP Photo)
A large snowfall tempest was reported crossed the confederate United States connected Wednesday arsenic freezing rainfall and crystal broad gripped astir of the federation from Texas done the Deep South, down into Florida and to the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
At slightest 8 deaths person been reported owed to the snowfall tempest arsenic temperatures successful the confederate US dipped to freezing arsenic colder upwind chills settled in. According to the National Weather Service, astir 20 cardinal radical person been enactment nether upwind advisories and warnings.
As per reports, implicit 44,000 homes and businesses person been without energy since Wednesday day successful Georgia and Florida owed to the snowfall storm’s impact.
According to online formation tracker, FlightAware.com, adjacent to 2,000 flights successful the United States person been canceled and astir 2,300 flights person been delayed by noon connected Wednesday.
Pensacola, Florida, became an improbable wintertime wonderland and shattered a 100+ twelvemonth aged grounds for snowfall connected Tuesday arsenic 7.6 inches of snowfall fell. The erstwhile grounds was 3 inches successful 1895.
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In a station connected X, AccuWeather stated, “Pensacola, Florida, became an improbable wintertime wonderland and shattered a 100+ twelvemonth aged grounds for snowfall connected Tuesday arsenic 7.6 inches of snowfall fell. The erstwhile grounds was 3 inches successful 1895.”
“This has been the worst wintertime tempest to deed the Gulf Coast successful decades,” Chief Meteorologist of AccuWeather, Jonathan Porter said arsenic reported by USA TODAY.
An worker with Elite Towing who goes by the sanction of “Grasshopper Junior” shovels retired a car stuck connected I-526 aft a wintertime tempest dropped crystal and snow. (AP Photo)
Cold temperatures and upwind chills are forecast to persist arsenic upwind predictions accidental a wide frost to proceed successful the confederate areas. According to AP, precocious temperatures are expected to rebound good supra freezing by Thursday successful places similar New Orleans, and by Friday successful Florida’s Tallahassee and the coastal Carolinas.
The dense snowfall and crystal tempest led to the closure of highways, including respective kilometers of the US’ southernmost interstate, I-10. In South Carolina’s Charleston, the crews took astir 16 hours to reopen the way for travelling successful one direction on the 4 kilometers Ravenel Bridge which has astir 100,000 vehicles traversing connected it everyday.
Drivers successful Georgia were besides plagued by the icy conditions arsenic troopers responded to 1,000 calls for help.
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