{"id":108400,"date":"2025-01-06T18:03:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T18:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/major-winter-storm-slams-mid-atlantic-closing-schools-and-canceling-flights-latest\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T18:03:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T18:03:30","slug":"major-winter-storm-slams-mid-atlantic-closing-schools-and-canceling-flights-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/major-winter-storm-slams-mid-atlantic-closing-schools-and-canceling-flights-latest\/","title":{"rendered":"Major winter storm slams mid-Atlantic, closing schools and canceling flights: Latest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2025-01-06\/Getty_snowplow_010625.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Chase Castor\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(NEW YORK) &#8212; A major winter storm that broke snowfall records in the Midwest is now hitting the mid-Atlantic, bringing with it a heavy mix of snow and ice and canceling more than 1,700 flights across the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The heaviest snow and ice is moving into the Appalachians and the East Coast&#8217;s Interstate 95 corridor on Monday, with states of emergency in effect in West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>Schools are closed in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>A winter storm warning was issued for Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, where 8 to 12 inches of snow is possible. If D.C. gets more than 8.3 inches, it would be the biggest snowstorm for the city since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>ABC News chief meteorologist and chief climate correspondent Ginger Zee even joined in on a massive snowball fight in D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Federal offices are closed in D.C., where a snow emergency is in effect until at least the end of Tuesday, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>D.C. Transportation Department director Sharon Kershbaum told ABC News Live that the city has been preparing for weeks and has geared up nearly 250 snowplows.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you don&#8217;t need to travel, please don&#8217;t,&#8221; she said, adding, &#8220;Our priority is to make sure that Congress can get where they need to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although federal offices are closed, Congress will gather on Monday for a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/expect-congress-convenes-certify-presidential-vote\/story?id=117349768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joint session to certify the results of the 2024 election<\/a>, the final step before President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration on Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<p>A winter weather advisory was issued for Philadelphia, where 2 to 4 inches of snow could fall and make roads very slick.<\/p>\n<p>The heaviest snow should end from D.C. to Baltimore on Monday morning, but snow showers are forecast to linger into the evening.<\/p>\n<p>New York City could see a dusting of snow. Boston is not expected to see any snow.<\/p>\n<p>Snow should be gone from the East Coast by Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Before hitting the East Coast, this storm hit the Midwest on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Snowfall totals have topped 1 foot in several places, including Chapman and Topeka, Kansas, where the storm dumped 18 inches and 14 inches, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The 5 inches of snow that fell in Cincinnati on Sunday is the city&#8217;s new single-day record for Jan. 5.<\/p>\n<p>Three fatalities have been attributed to the storm: one in Missouri and two in Kansas, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden and his team are closely monitoring the storm, a White House spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chase Castor\/Getty Images (NEW YORK) &#8212; A major winter storm that broke snowfall records in the Midwest is now hitting the mid-Atlantic, bringing with it a heavy mix of snow and ice and canceling more than 1,700 flights across the U.S. The heaviest snow and ice is moving into the<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/major-winter-storm-slams-mid-atlantic-closing-schools-and-canceling-flights-latest\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108400"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}