Winter Storm: Washington Snow Storm Saturday Updates

The fears of snow storm during this winter isn’t only a joke. Here are the latest update on the snow storm that sweeps across the eastern US.

A winter storm has dropped at least 25 centimeters of snow on Washington and other parts of the U.S. Middle Atlantic region.

The National Weather Service is predicting as much as 60 to 75 centimeters of snow for the Washington area by late Saturday. The storm brought high winds and low visibility at times throughout the region.

Life in the nation’s capital ground to a halt with the federal government and most businesses closing early on Friday and residents warned to stay off the snow-clogged roads.

The Weather Service says heavy, wet snow and strong winds are producing “extremely dangerous” conditions in states reaching from Virginia and West Virginia across to Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey.

Forecasters say this could be the largest recorded snowfall in Washington, rivaling a storm that hit the city nearly 90 years ago, in January, 1922.

Airlines across the region have canceled flights and train service has been disrupted.

As the storm approached, residents emptied supermarket shelves, stocking up on food and other supplies.

The extreme winter weather has already been blamed for hundreds of road accidents. And power lines in some areas have been brought down by the heavy snow.

This is the second major snowstorm to hit the region in less than two months.

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Washington Snow Storm Saturday Updates is originally from VOAnews.com

This entry was posted on Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at 2:29 pm